# Accident 20100118026329A: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Elyria, OH, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 14:05 local time
- Place: Elyria, OH
- Airport: Lorain County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3400° N, 82.1936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3400&lon=-82.1936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80HH-2013-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-10
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118026329A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ABORTED THE FIRST APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7 AT LORAIN COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (LPR), LOCATED AT ELYRIA, OHIO,THE PILOT COMPLETED A  GO-AROUND AND ATTEMPTED A 2ND APPROACH THAT ENDED IN THE AIRCRAFT CRASHING SHORT AND SLIGHTLY LEFT OF RUNWAY 7 INTO A MUDDY FIELD.  BOTH PILOTS AND TWO PASSENGERS DIED IN THE CRASH.  THE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND CAUSED BOTH WINGS TO DEPART THE FUSELAGE AND BREAK INTO SECTIONS, THE RIGHT POWER PLANT DEPARTED THE RT. WING, AND THE RT PROP DEPARTED THE RIGHT POWER PLANT.  THE COCKPIT SEPERATED FROM THE FUSELAGE REMAINING ATTACHED AT ONE SIDE EXPOSING THE CABIN AREA TO THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT. THE FUSELAGE CAME TO REST LYING ON ITS LEFT SIDE.

## 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 CEN10FA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10FA097), Jan 18, 2010: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N80HH), Elyria, OH, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the instrument approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with 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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