# Accident 20040514021129A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Baltimore, MD, May 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2004, 07:24 local time
- Place: Baltimore, MD
- Airport: Baltimore-Washington International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESMA
- Location: 39.1867° N, 76.6506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1867&lon=-76.6506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N755AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N755AF-2005-02-03) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040514021129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE MU-2B-60 WAS ARRIVING FROM THE EAST ON A HEADING OF APPROX. 280 DEGREES CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33R. RADAR DATA SHOW THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE MU-2 FAVORING AN ARRIVAL TO RUNWAY 15L. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 1400 FEET AND 3.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT (203 KNOTS), 42 SECONDS LATER THE AIRCRAFT HAD DESCENDED TO 700 FEET AND WAS NOT 1.75 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY (176 KNOTS). AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUDDEN LEFT TURN, WITH HEADING CHANGE OF APPROX. 80 DEGREES AND A RAPID DESCENT TO 200 FEET (155 KNOTS) AND DROPPED FROM THE RADAR. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED LESS THAN A MILE FROM RUNWAY 33R/15L INTO A WOODED RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE DEBRIS PATH WAS APPROX. 300 FEET IN LENGTH ON AN APPROX. HEADING OF 200 DEGREES WITH AN ESTIMATED APPROACH ANGLE OF 30 DEGREES. IT APPEARS THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE TREES FIRST, LEAVING BEHIND THE LEFT TIP TANK, THE ROLLED INVERTED AND LOST THE RIGHT WING WHICH STARTED A FIRE UPON IMPACT. THE LEFT WING AND ENGINE NOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE IMPACTED A TREE AND SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED AND THE ENTIRE FUSELAGE FLIPPED END OVER END AND CAME TO REST IN A DRIVEWAY BETWEEN 2 HOUSES APPROX. 75 FEET FROM THE LEFT WING AND ENGINE.

## 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 IAD04FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA021), May 14, 2004: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N755AF), Ferndale, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors included the pilot's failure to fly to the intended…

## Other reports on N755AF (1)

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

- [Incident 20030528019619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528019619I), May 28, 2003: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N755AF), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-23) On may 28, 2003 a mitsubishi, MU-2B owned and operated by epps air service, was attempting to land Detroit City Airport, on runway 15 during rapidly…

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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