# Accident 19960115000389A: Mtsbsi MU2B36A, Malad City, ID, January 15, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1996, 06:18 local time
- Place: Malad City, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2391° N, 112.3004° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2391&lon=-112.3004&mi=10
- Aircraft: N693PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N693PA-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36A (registry code 5780413, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3315251K
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 8
- Pilot flight hours: 8,925 total, 1,200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96MA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96MA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960115000389A

## Narrative

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

DECLARED EMERGENCY. ATC LOST CONTACT. DIVED IN, CRASHED AND BURNED. ICY CONDITIONS. POOR MAINTAINED.

## 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 SEA96MA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96MA043), Jan 15, 1996: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 (N693PA), Malad City, ID, destroyed, 8 fatal. Probable cause: continued flight by the flightcrew into icing conditions with known faulty deice equipment; structural (airframe) ice; and failure of the flight crew to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in…

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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