# Accident 19960929030249A: Mtsbsi MU2B30, Chillicothe, OH, September 29, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1996, 08:35 local time
- Place: Chillicothe, OH
- Airport: Ross County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: H2OA
- Location: 39.4404° N, 83.0231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROSS COUNTY (RZT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4404&lon=-83.0231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N618BB-1999-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 (registry code 5780410, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B30
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3311151A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 2,150 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960929030249A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. FEATHERED CIRCLED. VEERED OFF RUNWAY LANDING INTO DITCH. TORQUE SENSOR CASE FAILED. (-23) PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 5 FOR A FLIGHT TO COLUMBUS, OHIO. DURING INITIAL CLIMB AT 300 FEET THE LEFT ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE LEFT ENGINE, APPLIED FULL POWER TO THE RIGHT ENGINE AND MADE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN BACK TO THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND HAD DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, EVEN WITH FULL RIGHT RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN RUNWAY 23 WITH THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND A TAXIWAY. A POST CRASH FIRE ERUPTED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE DURING THE SLIDE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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