# Incident 19871005068359I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Charleston, WV, October 5, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1987, 09:35 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Yeager
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3731° N, 81.5932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Yeager Airport (CRW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3731&lon=-81.5932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1727S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1727S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE33110
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871005068359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXCESSIVE SMOKE FROM ENGINE DURING ATTEMPTED RESTART WHILE TAXIING. SUSPECT WIND UP TAIL PIPE A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N1727S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19950202002719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950202002719I), Feb 2, 1995: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N1727S), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 2, 1995, a MU2B-60, N1727S departed smyrna, TN on a re-positioning flight after maintenance. The aircraft had received a 150 hour…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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