Accident Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 SE-IOU, Sunday 16 February 1986
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Date:Sunday 16 February 1986
Time:14;20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic MU2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mitsubishi MU-2B-25
Owner/operator:Nyge-Aero
Registration: SE-IOU
MSN: 304
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Trängslet, Älvdalen, Dalarna County -   Sweden
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: SHK
Narrative:
Written off February 16 1986 when crashed at Brunnåsen, Trängslet shooting range, Älvdalen, Sweden. Collided with a pine at 15 meters when trying to drop the towed target onto a road and flying too low.

Gustafsson Nyge imported in 1985 four MU-2B aircraft: SE- IOU, SE-IOX, SE-IOV and SE-IOY and rebuilt then to by used as target towing aircraft. After the accidents involving SE- IOU and SE-IOX (collision with trees and shooting down by accident respectively, where both crews died) during the first half of 1986, Nyge also imported SE-IOZ and SE-IUA as replacements.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: SHK
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. Scramble 384: http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=mu2&af=242
2. http://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=5&typeid=247
3. https://www.facebook.com/lae.blogg.se/photos/a.128435040552934.21753.100678289995276/900704393325991/?type=1&theater

Crash investigation: https://www.havkom.se/assets/reports/RL-1986_4-SE-IOU.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
29-Jun-2011 08:19 harro Added
03-May-2013 00:01 Masen63 Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Source, ]
10-Mar-2016 02:17 Dr.John Smith Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Dec-2016 19:22 wf Updated [Operator, ]
18-Nov-2019 10:46 Masen63 Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]

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