# Accident 20050922025139A: Mtsbsi MU2B36, West Memphis, AR, September 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2005, 19:58 local time
- Place: West Memphis, AR
- Airport: West Memphis Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MCCA
- Location: 35.1917° N, 90.2597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1917&lon=-90.2597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103RC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N103RC-2005-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 (registry code 5780412, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B36
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE3316252M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,600 total, 1,900 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050922025139A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, AT 1958 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU2B-36, N103RC, OPERATED BY MCNEELY CHARTER SERVICES, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A 62,000 POUND TS-14 EARTHMOVING SCRAPPER AND TERRAIN IN A FLAT FIELD APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES NORTH OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS AIRPORT (AWM). THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM (AWM), WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS TO THE INTENDED DESTINATION AIRPORT (GVL) GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS 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 CHI05FA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05FA272), Sep 23, 2005: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 (N103RC), West Memphis, AR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision not to land at the departure runway or other available airports during the emergency descent, and his failure to maintain clearance from a vehicle and terrain.…

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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