ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 257477
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 May 2021 |
| Time: | 23:01 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise |
| Owner/operator: | Northshore Group LLC |
| Registration: | N322TA |
| MSN: | 760SA |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7610 hours |
| Engine model: | Honeywell TPE331-10-501 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hattiesburg Municipal Airport (HBG/KHBG), Hattiesburg, MS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Wichita Falls Regional Airport, TX (SPS/KSPS) |
| Hattiesburg-Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport, MS (HBG/KHBG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On March 4, 2021, about 2301 central daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU2B-60 airplane, N322TA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Hattiesburg Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport (HBG), Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The pilot, two passengers, and one person on the ground sustained fatal injuries, and two people on the ground sustained minor injuries. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 as a personal flight.
The pilot was flying a nonprecision approach in instrument meteorological conditions at night. While flying the procedure turn for the approach, the airplane’s speed decayed toward the stall speed before the airplane accelerated back to the standard approach speed. During the descent from the final approach fix, the airplane’s descent stopped for about 30 seconds and then the airplane descended at a rate of about 1,300 ft per minute. The airplane decelerated and continued to descend until the airspeed was about 85 knots (about 7 knots above the calculated stall speed for flaps 20°) and the altitude was 500 ft mean sea level. The last recorded data point showed the airplane about 460 ft mean sea level and 750 ft from the accident site. The airplane impacted a private residence, and a postcrash fire ensued and destroyed the airplane.
Impact signatures were consistent with a low-energy impact. Examination of the airframe and engines did not detect any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operations. Signatures on the engines and propellers were consistent with both engines providing power at impact.
A review of the pilot’s toxicological information found that the level of eszopiclone in his specimens was subtherapeutic and thus not likely a factor in the accident. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with an inadvertent aerodynamic stall from which the pilot was unable to recover.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane during the night instrument approach which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall from which the pilot was unable to recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/05/us/hattiesburg-mississippi-aircraft-crash/index.html
https://www.wdam.com/2021/05/05/two-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-hattiesburg-neighborhood/
https://twitter.com/Hattiesburg_MS/status/1389825525259067392
https://www.kcrg.com/2021/05/05/four-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-into-miss-home/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N322TA
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a37768&lat=31.266&lon=-89.576&zoom=9.7&showTrace=2021-05-05
https://weather.us/radar-us/890-w-301-n/reflectivity-composite/KMOB_20210505-042000z.html
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/2/22753_1119942433.jpg (photo)
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Media:
UPDATE: The Victims Involved in a Small Plane Crash in Hattiesburg, MS Have Been Identified. @MelissaRadTV was LIVE at the scene at noon with the latest information. pic.twitter.com/UGnmCj1HtY
— Vanessa Pacheco (@VanessaOnTV) May 5, 2021
NTSB is investigating the May 4, 2021, crash of a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 airplane in Hattiesburg, MS. Two NTSB investigators are traveling to the scene.
— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) May 5, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-May-2021 06:09 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-May-2021 06:24 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 05-May-2021 06:26 | harro | Updated [Phase, Category] |
| 05-May-2021 10:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 10:42 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Narrative, Category] |
| 05-May-2021 13:05 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 13:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Source] |
| 05-May-2021 14:10 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 14:45 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 18:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2021 19:01 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 05-May-2021 21:00 | Geno | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code] |
| 06-May-2021 02:10 | Captain Adam | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2021 12:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-May-2021 12:31 | Iceman 29 | Updated [[Embed code]] |
| 20-Jul-2021 18:18 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 08-May-2022 03:37 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2023 21:44 | Captain Adam | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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