# NTSB investigations: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60: Loss of control - in flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB IAD04FA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04FA021.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Ferndale, MD · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · May 14, 2004 · N755AF · Destroyed
  > The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors included the pilot's failure to fly to the intended point of landing, and his abrupt course reversal back towards…
- [NTSB CHI99FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA023.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Rock, KS · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 5, 1998 · N5LN · Destroyed
  > the pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft and made an improper evaluation of the weather. Additional factors were flying a test flight at night with the icing conditions in the clouds.
- [NTSB DEN92FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92FA040.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · New Castle, CO · Accident · 6 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1992 · N303CA · Destroyed
  > An inadvertent stall during an instrument approach with the autopilot engaged. A factor was: the pilot's physical impairment from a prescription drug.
- [NTSB CHI89FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA026.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Chicago, IL · Accident · 1 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Nov 17, 1988 · N271MA · Destroyed
  > The first takeoff was aborted due to a perceived engine problem. Six minutes later on second takeoff, the aircraft climbed to 50 feet, drifted to the right, rolled right and impacted in the infield. This was a single pilot operation in a complex aircraft.…
- [NTSB CHI86FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA098.md): Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Eola, IL · Accident · 5 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 5, 1986 · N513DC · Destroyed
  > Evidence shows co-pilot called, 'mayday, uncontrolled spin' after acft radar track showed decel from 180 to 120 KTS over 2 min period while maintaining constant 4000 ft crz alt. Constant alt consistent with autopilot/autotrim use, particularly in view of…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5780460')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 250))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5780460&occurrence=250

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