# Accident 19981104031889A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Douglas, KS, November 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1998
- Place: Douglas, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5LN-2000-05-01) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981104031889A

## Narrative

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

(.19)ON NOVEMBER 4, 1998, AT 2058 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60, OPERATED BY L.W. AVIATION WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR ROCK, KANSAS. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND COMMERCIALLY RATED COPILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT DEPARTED WICHITA, KANSAS, ON A LOCAL FLIGHT IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE FLIGHT HAD RECEIVED AN IFR TO VFR CLEARANCE.

## 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 CHI99FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA023), Nov 5, 1998: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N5LN), Rock, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft and made an improper evaluation of the weather. Additional factors were flying a test flight at night with the icing conditions in the clouds.

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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