# Incident 20040112000699I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Des Moines, IA, January 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2004, 00:42 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60FL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60FL-2011-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 267 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040112000699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE DES MOINES AIRPORT, DES MOINES, IOWA, ENROUTE TO OMAHA, NEBRASKA. UPON ENTERING CRUISE CONFIGURATION, THE LEFT ENGINE TORQUE DROPPED TO ZERO, THEN THE LEFT ENGINE OIL PRESSURE WENT TO ZERO. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE DES MOINES AIRPORT AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ENTERING THE TAXIWAY, AN ORANGE GLOW WAS NOTICED AROUND THE LEFT ENGINE. DES MINES AIRPORT FIRE CREWS PUT OUT THE FIRE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE HAD AN EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK AND THE ENGINE OIL TANK WAS EMPTY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED A VERY LOOSE TORQUE SENSE OIL LINE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N60FL (1)

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

- [Incident 20010828024909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010828024909I), Aug 28, 2001: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N60FL), Helena, MT, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that on the first attempt to extend the gear, he heard a pop. He recycled the gear to the up position and heard more popping and grinding.…

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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