# Accident 20000211005149A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Lewiston, ID, February 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2000, 08:15 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Airport: Lewiston-Nez Perce County
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 46.1606° N, 116.9204° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1606&lon=-116.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N152BK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N152BK-2000-07-14) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000211005149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02-11-2000, AT 0815 PST, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60, N152BK, OPERATED BY AMERICAN CHECK TRANSPORT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF THE LEWISTON NEZ-PERCE COUNTY AIRPORT (LWS), LEWISTON, IDAHO. THE 14CFR PART 135 CARGO CARRYING FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED BOISE AIR TERMINAL AIRPORT (BOI), BOISE, IDAHO, AT 0823 LOCAL TIME AND WAS ENROUTE TO THE LEWISTON AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR THE ILS RWY 26 APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE LEWISTON ATC TOWR CONTROLLER REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT IN SIGHT APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT WAS GIVEN THE OPTION OF LANDING ON RUNWAY 29, AND HE CHOSE TO LAND ON RUNWAY 29. AT 0815, THE WINDS WERE 300 DEGREES AT 13 KNOTS. AT APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT, HE PILOT REPORTED A DUAL ENGINE FLAMEOUT. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR THE TOP OF A RIDGELINE. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

## 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 CHI00FA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA070), Feb 11, 2000: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N152BK), Lewiston, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot failed to follow the flight manual procedures and did not engage the Continuous Ignition system resulting in both engines flaming out when the air induction system was blocked with ice.…

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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