Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 N466MA

Summary

On 20 April 1984 at about 01:22 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 registered N466MA, operated by Turbine Air Management Inc., was involved in an accident near Burlington, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 April 1984 at 01:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Burlington, Connecticut, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60

Registration

N466MA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Turbine Air Management Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Burlington → Windsor Locks

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA84AA022

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT WAS FLOWN EARLIER IN THE DAY FOR A SALES DEMONSTRATION. ON THE RETURN FLT, WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WERE LOWERED, THE PLT THOUGHT HE HEARD A NOISE EMITTING FROM THE GEAR, ALTHOUGH COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE ACFT LANDED AT JOHNNYCAKE ARPT & WAS REFUELED FOR A FLT TO BRADLEY FIELD WHERE IT IS HANGARED. THE PLT STATED HE INTENDED TO MAKE THE 22 MI FLT WITH THE GEAR DOWN AS A PRECAUTION. HE ALSO STATED HIS INTENTION TO FLY BELOW THE OVERCAST BECAUSE OF DELAYS OF UP TO 45 MIN IN OBTAINING IFR CLEARANCES. MOMENTS AFTER TAKEOFF THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES EAST OF THE ARPT. ABOUT 1 MI EAST OF THE ARPT IS A NORTH-SOUTH RIDGE. ANOTHER PLT, WHO DEPARTED 15-20 MINS EARLIER, REPORTED ENTERING THE OVERCAST BETWEEN 400 & 700 FT AGL. GROUND WITNESSES 1 MI SE OF THE ARPT WHO HEARD THE CRASH DESCRIBED THE WX AS HEAVY FOG & MIST. ONE WITNESS ESTIMATED THE CEILING AS 100 FT AGL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.