# NTSB CEN16RA136: Mitsubishi MU 2B, N246W, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, March 29, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 29, 2016, 12:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Canada
- Coordinates: 47.424999, -61.778057 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4250&lon=-61.7781&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92915
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16RA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92915/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16RA136

## Preliminary report

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=5780460), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N246W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N246W-2018-03-20), registration cancelled 2018-03-20, S/N 1552S.A., built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU 2B (60)
- Registry model: [Mitsubishi MU-2B-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (registry code 5780460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1552S.A.
- Year 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20160329006279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160329006279A), Mar 29, 2016: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Isle De La Made, PO, Destroyed, 7 fatal. On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, about 11:35 a.m. atlantic time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 twin-engine turboprop airplane, N246W, impacted terrain about 1.25 miles…

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.

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