# Accident 19890102000069A: Mtsbsi MU2B26A, Mansfield, OH, January 2, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1989, 16:43 local time
- Place: Mansfield, OH
- Airport: Mansfield Lahm Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7802° N, 82.5297° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7802&lon=-82.5297&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B26A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3315
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 11,700 total, 2,860 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL89FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890102000069A

## Narrative

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

VERTICAL IMPACT IN OPEN FIELD ON ILS APPROACH. FACTORS NOTED ARE ICING. PILOTS PRIOR STROKE NOT REPORTED TO FAA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL89FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL89FA065), Jan 2, 1989: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N500V), Mansfield, OH, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DUE TO SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, AT ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS CHANGING RADIO FREQUENCIES DURING AN IFR APPROACH.

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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