# Accident 20050804020879A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Denver, CO, August 4, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2005, 02:08 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VOXA
- Location: 39.4925° N, 104.8467° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4925&lon=-104.8467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N454MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N454MA-2006-10-18) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA202) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050804020879A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 4, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0206 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A TWIN-ENGINE MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60 TURBO-PROP AIRPLANE, N454MA, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR PARKER, COLORADO, DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO THE CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA). THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY FLIGHT LINE, INCORPORATED, OF WATKINS, COLORADO. AN INSTRUMENTAL FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT THE SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SLC) AT APPROXIMATELY 0040. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE ON-DEMAND AIR CARGO FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135.

## 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 DFW05FA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA202), Aug 4, 2005: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N454MA), Parker, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized instrument approach at night which resulted in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were; the dark night, low clouds, the inadequate design and…

## Other reports on N454MA (2)

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

- [Incident 20040204002439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040204002439I), Feb 4, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N454MA), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) After landing in Indianapolis International Airport, the pilot was taxiing to the Raytheon ramp to park the aircraft, when ground crew noticed fire…
- [Incident 19920617023249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920617023249I), Jun 17, 1992: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N454MA), Jackson, WY. Vibration after liftoff. Returned. Rudder trim tab control rod had broken and flap was flapping.

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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