# Incident 19991219038879I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Springfield, IL, December 19, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1999, 16:29 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N469MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991219038879I

## Narrative

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

WHILE ON A IFR FLIGHT FROM COLUMBUS, OH., TO SALINA, KN., THE APPROPRIATELY RATE, PILOT IN COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, EXPERIENCED A COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEM, WHILE IN VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS AT FLIGHT LEVEL 240. AFTER GETTING THE ATTENTION OF ARTCC, A FORM OF COMMUNICATION WAS ESTABLISHED, THROUGH THE USE OF TRANSPONDER IDENT AND TURNS TO HEADINGS.  THE PIC WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO SPRINGFIELD, IL AIRPORT AND COMPLETED AN UNENVNTFUL LANDING.  THE PIC STATED HE HAD NOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY,HOWEVER ARTCC TREATED THE INCIDENT AS SUCH.

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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