# Accident 20170515011619A: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, Eluthera, BH, May 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2017, 13:30 local time
- Place: Eluthera, BH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.2000° N, 75.9667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.2000&lon=-75.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N220N-2020-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (registry code 5780440, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-40
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,480 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA181) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170515011619A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15, 2017, AT 1339 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, RADAR AND VOICE COMMUNICATION WERE LOST WITH A MITSUBISHI MU2B40

AIRPLANE, N220N, OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS NEAR

ELEUTHERA, BAHAMAS. DEBRIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND FLOATING AMIDST A FUEL SHEEN THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD CONDUCTED A SEARCH

BY AIR AND SEA FOR 3 DAYS, BUT THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE NOT FOUND. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AIRPORT (TJBQ), AGUADILLA, PUERTO

RICO, ABOUT 1100 AND WAS DESTINED FOR SPACE COAST REGIONAL AIRPORT (TIX), TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT

RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

## 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 ERA17FA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17FA181), May 15, 2017: Mitsubishi MU2B (N220N), Eleuthera, Bahamas, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional flight into an area of known icing and convective thunderstorm activity, which resulted in a loss of control of the airplane.

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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