# Accident 20030129002539A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Cleveland, OH, January 29, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2003, 00:15 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESMA
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N941MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N941MA-2012-01-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030129002539A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A COURIER FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK LOADED CHECKS INTO THE SUBJECT AIRLPLANE AND THEN MOVED THE VAN TO ANOTHER AIRPLANE FOR LOADING CHECKS ONTO THAT AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED DIAGONALLY TO THE RIGHT AND IN FRONT OF THE SUBJECT AIRPLANE. THE PILOT OF THE FIRST AIRPLANE DID A GPU START WITH A SAFETY LINEMAN IN FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE. THE LINEMAN RECEIVED THE DISCONNECT SIGNAL FROM THE PILOT, HAD THE OTHER LINEMEN REMOVE THE GPU PLUG AND WALKED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE FOR ENTRY INTO THE LINE SHACK. THE PILOT CONDUCTED THE NTS/BETA TEST. WHILE LOADING THE SECOND AIRPLANE, THE COURIER FOUND 2 BUNDLES OF CHECKS WHICH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE LOADED ONTO THE FIRST AIRPLANE. THE COURIER THEN WALKED IN FRONT OF THE FIRST AIRPLANE AND INTO THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE LEFT PROPELLER AND WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING NIGHTTIME VMC CONDITIONS AND THE RAMP AREA WAS MARGINALLY/POORLY LIGHTED. THE HANGAR DOOR WAS OPEN FOR MORE LIGHTING OF THE RAMP. NO DOCUMENTED TRAINING WAS PRESENTED TO THE FAA OR NTSB.

## 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

## Other reports on N941MA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20041130035149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041130035149A), Nov 30, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Philadelphia, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) The MU-2 was cleared for take-off at the same time a delta airlines tug crew was cleared to cross the same runway at an intersection in the path of the…
- [Incident 20020115000039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115000039I), Jan 15, 2002: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Covington/Cinci, KY, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/15/02 N941MA, MU-2B-60, s/n 744SA, was cleared at 14 NM and 3500 MSL for the rwy 27 visual approach by cvg tower. The pilot stated he began slowing…
- [Incident 19881207064509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881207064509I), Dec 7, 1988: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Houston, TX. Departing ramp misidentified taxi lights. Taxied off unmarked edge into ditch. Stopped in soft ground.

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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