- Date
- December 15, 1982, 17:05 local (22:05 UTC)
- Place
- Muskegon, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45EVMitsubishi MU-2B-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821215065059A
- Case key
- 71805
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot descended below his altitude and struck trees approximately 4.7 miles south of his destination. The aircraft continued to fly and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing. After touchdown the aircraft skidded down the runway for approximately 3000 feet before departing the right side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45EV
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 211
- Airframe hours
- 195
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331-1-151, 705 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Elzinga & Volicers
- Registered owner
- Elzinga & Volicers
- Departed
- C · Morehead, KY
- Destination
- Holland, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MK6 · Muskegon, runway 32, 5,001 × 150 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,462 total · 528 in this make and model · 4,374 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 30° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 102 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.