# Incident 19880514032709I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Salt Lake City, UT, May 14, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1988, 09:54 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VHXG
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N479MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N479MA-2013-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880514032709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES ON ROLLOUT. ENGINE FIRE ON RESTART. IMPROPER PILOT PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N479MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19881125068659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881125068659I), Nov 25, 1988: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N479MA), Salt Lake City, UT. Loss of rudder control after rotation. Plane rolled but pilot recovered. Safe emergency landing. Cause undetermined

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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