ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37652
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Date: | Tuesday 7 May 1991 |
Time: | 05:10 |
Type: | Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 |
Owner/operator: | Corporate Aviation Services Inc |
Registration: | N106MA |
MSN: | 184 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Kenefic, Bryan County, OK -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Tulsa International Airport, Tulsa OK (TUL/KTUL) |
Destination airport: | Love Field, Dallas, Texas (DAL/KDAL) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was destroyed when it went out of control and crashed after colliding with a Cessna 310 (N1849H c/no. 35949). Both aircraft had departed Tulsa for Love Field, Dallas. The Cessna had left first and stopped en route but the pilots had arranged to meet up later and proceed in formation (at night). Neither pilot had reportedly done formation flying before. In due course the MU-2B closed on the Cessna and then flew along on its right side at 6,000 feet for about 1 to 2 minutes.
However, as the Cessna pilot could not see the MU-2, the MU-2 pilot apparently elected to re-position onto the Cessna's left side. The MU-2 went over the top of the Cessna but then dropped behind and had to accelerate to catch up.
Unfortunately the MU-2 over-ran the Cessna and its vertical stabiliser struck the right horizontal stabiliser of the Cessna and failed along the manufacturing joint. The MU-2 went out of control and spun to the ground at Kenefic, Bryan County, Oklahoma. The pilot was killed in the impact with the ground; the other two persons on board were seriously injured. The Cessna landed safely despite losing its right horizontal stabiliser and left propeller and with its empennage twisted through 30 degrees.
The NTSB determined the probable cause of the accident to be: Improper planning/decision by the pilots of both aircraft, and the MU-2 pilot's mis-judgement of his position, while attempting to fly formation at night with an aircraft that did not have all navigation lights operative. Factors related to the accident were: both pilots' lack of training in the type of operation, darkness, inoperative navigation (tail) light on the Cessna 310, and the lack of visual perception that would have been available to the MU-2 pilot.
Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X17000&key=1 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Mar-2016 23:32 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
04-Mar-2016 23:33 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
04-Aug-2017 14:42 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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