Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 N727MA
11 July 1985 · Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 July 1985 at about 21:00 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 registered N727MA was involved in an accident near Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Nearest airport
- Southbridge (3BO)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-26
- Registration
- N727MA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91F: Special Flt Ops.
- Purpose of flight
- Executive/Corporate
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Manchester → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC85FA163
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
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
DURING LNDG THE ACFT IMPACTED HARD AND SKIDDED DOWN THE RWY BEFORE IT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEPARTED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BOTH PLTS STATED THE LNDG APCH WAS NORMAL UNTIL THE ACFT WAS APRX 15 FTABOVE THE RWY AT WHICH TIME THE ACFT ABRUPTLY DESCENDED AND IMPACTED HARD WITH THE RWY. PRIOR TO THE IMPACT, THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH 20 DEGS OF FLAPS AND LNDG GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE AIRSPEED WAS 105 KTS. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED THAT THE AFT MAIN GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN AND THE NOSE DOWN LOCK LIMIT SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE SWITCH IS REQUIRED TO CLOSE THE AFT MAIN GEAR DOOR. THE FLIGHT TEST BY THE MFG DETERMINED THAT OPENED AFT MAIN GEAR DOOR HAS NONE TO UNNOTICIABLE EFFECT ON STALL SPEED. ACFT SPEED AT TOUCHDOWN BASED ON COMPUTATIONS FROM PROP SLASH MARKS WAS 86 KTS. THE STALL SPEED OF ACFT AT PREVAILING WEIGHT & FLAPS CONFIGURATION IS BELOW THIS SPEED, THE ACFT WEIGHT WAS APRX 9000 LBS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Mitsubishi MU-2B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 1985 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-2D | El Paso, Texas, United States | Air Exchange Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 May 1985 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 | San Angelo, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jan 1985 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 | West Point, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Mar 1986 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 | Eola, Illinois, United States | - | Fatal | 5 |
| 24 Jan 1984 | Mitsubishi MU 2B-20 | Ames, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Dec 1984 | Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 | Robert Lee, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 1985 | Piper PA28-151 | Chatham, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-32R-301T | Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1985 | Piper PA-28R-200 | Taunton, Massachusetts, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Dec 1985 | Boeing 747-136 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1985 | Piper PA-28-161 | Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1985 | Schweizer SGS 2-33A | Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | Yankee Aviation Serivices | No injuries | - |