# Accident 20060625014099A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Fort Pierce, FL, June 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2006, 12:24 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4736° N, 80.3367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4736&lon=-80.3367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N316PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N316PR-2008-05-23) (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 TPE33110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,879 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06FA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060625014099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 25 JUNE, 2006, N316PR, A MU-2, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA O^ TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 14 AT ST. LUCIE COUNTY INT'L AIRPORT (KFPR) AT 1623Z ENROUTE TO MURFREESBORO, TN (KMBT). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ISSUED A HEADING OF 090 BY FORT PIERCE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MIAMI CENTER. THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGED WITH NO APPARENT DISTRESS IN HIS VOICE. A CONTROLLER SAW SMOKE IN THE VICINITY A FEW MOMENTS LATER AND DETERMINED IT WAS N316PR. MULTIPLE WITNESSES OBSERVED AND HEARD THE DISTRESSED AIRCRAFT. ALL SAID THE RIGHT ENGINE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE OPERATING. RECORDS REVEAL THE RIGHT ENGINE HAD TWO PRIOR FAILURES. WITNESSES SAW THE AIRCRAFT BANK HARD RIGHT THEN APPEAR TO ENTER A SPIN. ONE WITNESS DESCRIBED THE FLIGHT PATH AS A FLAT SPIN ("LIKE AN AUTOROTATION"), COMPLETING SEVERAL REVOLUTIONS TO THE RIGHT WITH THE RIGHT SIDE PROPELLER TURNING SO SLOWLY THAT INDIVIDUAL PROPELLER BLADES COULD BE "COUNTED." THE IMPACT SITE DEPICTS A NEARLY VERTICAL FLIGHT PATH, AIRCRAFT IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE, AND EVIDENCING RIGHT-HAND ROTATION. WITHIN SECONDS A FIRE ENGULFED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE WINGS FORWARD.

## 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 MIA06FA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06FA120), Jun 25, 2006: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N316PR), Fort Pierce, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot’s loss of aircraft control during the initial climb which was precipitated by the sudden loss of thrust and increase in drag from the right engine, and the pilot’s failure to adhere to the…

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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