CEN16RA136

NTSB accident investigation · Mitsubishi MU 2B · Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada · March 29, 2016

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
March 29, 2016, 12:30 local (15:30 UTC)
Place
Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada
Injuries
7 fatal
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N246WMitsubishi MU 2B
Defining event
Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Instrument (IMC) · Day
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
FAA report
20160329006279A
Case key
92915

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N246W
Reported as
Mitsubishi MU 2B (60)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
1552S.A.
Built
1982
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Registered owner
Marquise Aviation Corp Trustee
Departed
CYHU · St. Hubert
Destination
CYGR · Iles-de-la-Made
Flight plan
IFR
Equipment
Data recorder

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Weather

Conditions
Instrument (IMC) · Day
Temperature
32 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.