What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 7, 2020, about 0425 central daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B airplane, N44MX, operated by privacy data omitted was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Sioux Falls, south dakota.
The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a title 14 code of federal regulations (CFR) part 135 cargo flight.
Preliminary radar data indicated that the airplane departed fsd from runway 15 at 0426.
According to video recordings captured from various facilities at fsd, the airplane appeared to have a normal takeoff roll. After rotation, a high pitch angle was established for initial climb out and the right wing began to dip. As the airplane climbed, the right wing continued to drop with the airplane rolling over to the right side. The airplane noses-over on the right side and continued in a nose down attitude and impacted the ground.
This report maybe amended pending NTSB results.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 7, 2020, ABOUT 0425 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B AIRPLANE, N44MX, OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 135 CARGO FLIGHT.
PRELIMINARY RADAR DATA INDICATED THAT THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED FSD FROM RUNWAY 15 AT 0426.
ACCORDING TO VIDEO RECORDINGS CAPTURED FROM VARIOUS FACILITIES AT FSD, THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO HAVE A NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL. AFTER ROTATION, A HIGH PITCH ANGLE WAS ESTABLISHED FOR INITIAL CLIMB OUT AND THE RIGHT WING BEGAN TO DIP. AS THE AIRPLANE CLIMBED, THE RIGHT WING CONTINUED TO DROP WITH THE AIRPLANE ROLLING OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE. THE AIRPLANE NOSES-OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND CONTINUED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.
THIS REPORT MAYBE AMENDED PENDING NTSB RESULTS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.