- Date
- September 6, 1981
- Place
- Riverton, WY · RIVERTON, WY
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3EDMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report June 15, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810906055579A
- Case key
- 122747
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3667 81/9/6 NR.RIVERTON,WY MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1500 TIME - 0900 N3ED PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANDER,WY NORTH PLATTE,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT AWARE OF 4 DEFERRED MAINT DISCREPANCIES INVOLVING ANTI-ICE SYSTEM.MODERATE ICING FORECAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3ED
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3EDRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2012 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-10Airframe modelMitsubishi MU-2B-10Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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