# Accident 20131110026089A: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25, Owasso, OK, November 10, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2013, 15:46 local time
- Place: Owasso, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2975° N, 95.8744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2975&lon=-95.8744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N856JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N856JT-2018-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (registry code 5780409, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-25) (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-25
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-10AV
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,874 total, 14 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131110026089A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 10, 2013, ABOUT 1546 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B-25 TWIN-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N856JT, IMPACTED WOODED TERRAIN WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR OWASSO, OKLAHOMA. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO ANASAZI WINDS, LLC, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SALINA REGIONAL AIRPORT (SLN), SALINA, KANSAS, AT 1503, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUL), TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

AFTER THE AIRPLANE PASSED THE RUNWAY 18L OUTER MARKER, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN A LEFT TURN. AT 1544:48, THE TOWER CONTROLLER TRANSMITTED, "MITSUBISHI SIX JULIET TANGO TOWER." THE PILOT REPLIED, "I'VE GOT A CONTROL PROBLEM." THE CONTROLLER RESPONDED, "OKAY UH YOU CAN JUST MANEUVER THERE ? IF YOU CAN MANEUVER TO THE WEST AND UH DO YOU NEED ASSISTANCE NOW?"  AT 2145:06, THE PILOT REPLIED, "<UNINTELLIGIBLE> I'VE GOT A LEFT ENGINE SHUTDOWN." RADAR DATA SHOWED THE AIRPLANE COMPLETE A 360-DEGREE LEFT TURN NEAR THE RUNWAY 18L OUTER MARKER AT 1,100 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL), AND THEN RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST.

SEVERAL WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A SHALLOW LEFT TURN; THE REPORTED ALTITUDES RANGED FROM 400 TO 800 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). DURING THE TURN, FOUR WITNESSES RECALLED THE LANDING GEAR IN THE EXTENDED POSITION, AND TWO WITNESSES OBSERVED ONE ENGINE PROPELLER APPEARED NOT TO BE ROTATING OR SLOWING. ONE OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING A STREAM OF BLACK EXHAUST FOLLOWING THE AIRPLANE AND FOUR OTHER WITNESSES REPORTED NOT SEEING ANY SMOKE. FOUR OF THE WITNESSES REPORTED AN UNUSUAL ENGINE OR PROPELLER NOISE FROM THE AIRPLANE, AND FOUR DID NOT COMMENT ON THE ENGINE OR PROPELLER NOISE. SOME OF THE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IN A LEFT TURN TOWARDS THE WEST BEFORE THE WINGS BEGAN TO ROCK LEFT AND RIGHT AT A 10-15 DEGREE BANK ANGLE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE AIRPLANE WAS SEEN IN A BANK TO RIGHT FOLLOWED BY A "HARD" BANK TO THE LEFT. SOME OF THE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE SPIRAL TOWARDS THE GROUND AND DISAPPEAR FROM VIEW.

## 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 CEN14FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14FA046), Nov 10, 2013: Mitsubishi MU 2B-25 (N856JT), Owasso, OK, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during a known one-engine-inoperative condition. The reasons for the loss of control and engine shutdown could not be determined because the airplane was not…

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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