# Accident 20160329006279A: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Isle De La Made, PO, March 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2016, 11:35 local time
- Place: Isle De La Made, PO
- Airport: Isle De La Madeleine
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4250° N, 61.7781° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4250&lon=-61.7781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N246W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246W-2018-03-20) (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: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 7
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16RA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16RA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160329006279A

## Narrative

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

ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016, ABOUT 11:35 A.M. ATLANTIC TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60 TWIN-ENGINE TURBOPROP AIRPLANE, N246W, IMPACTED TERRAIN ABOUT 1.25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ILES-DE-LA-MADELEINE AIRPORT IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, CANADA, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC), A SECOND PILOT (ACTING ONLY AS AN OBSERVER), AND ALL FIVE PASSENGERS WERE KILLED. ONE OF THE PASSENGERS WAS JEAN LAPIERRE, A RENOWNED CANADIAN POLITICAL COLUMNIST AND FORMER CANADIAN MINISTER OF TRANSPORT. HE WAS TRAVELLING TO ILES-DE-LA-MADELINE WITH HIS WIFE, SISTER, AND TWO BROTHERS TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER. WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE AREA WERE REPORTED AS LOW VISIBILITY, FOG, RAIN, AND HIGH WINDS. THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED FROM THE MONTREAL SAINT-HUBERT LONGUEUIL AIRPORT IN ST. HUBERT, QUEBEC, CANADA JUST NORTH OF THE U.S. BORDER.

## 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 CEN16RA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16RA136), Mar 29, 2016: Mitsubishi MU 2B (N246W), Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, substantial damage, 7 fatal

## Other reports on N246W (2)

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

- [Incident 19920218009759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920218009759I), Feb 18, 1992: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N246W), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Right forward cabin window outer pane broke at cruise altitude. Descended to a lower altitude. Continued flight.
- [Incident 19890213009069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890213009069I), Feb 13, 1989: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N246W), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Outside panel of left forward cabin window blew out. Emergency descent. Returned to Omaha. Landed safely.

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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