- Date
- December 15, 1982, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Louisville, KY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5589SMitsubishi MU-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821215066189A
- Case key
- 71500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A takeoff was initiated from a 3539 ft wet/upsloping rwy. The gross wt of the acft was about 9300 lbs (300 lbs under themax gross wt). The plt stated the acft accelerated, but never reach '107.' After using about 2700 ft, the plt decided to abort the takeoff, he put both props in reverse & applied full brakes. The acft continued off the departure end of the rwy, went thru the perimeter fence, crossed a 4 lane road & median, hit a utility pole & finally impacted a large tree about 850 ft from the end of the rwy. The plt used a 5 deg flap setting. The performance manual showed that a take-off distance to cross over a 50 ft obstruction was 1900 ft. the manual stated that for either 5 or 20 deg of flaps, allow the acft to accelerate to 70 to 80 KTS, before applying back pressure on the elevator control, then the acft should lift off at about 93 to 96 KTS. An investigation disclosed no power plant or control malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5589S
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150
- Airframe hours
- 3,167
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-151A, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Clark
- Registered owner
- Robert Clark
- Departed
- Louisville, KY
- Destination
- C · Odessa, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Bowman Field, runway 14, 3,539 × 80 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 70 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 117 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.