- Date
- February 3, 1982, 17:15 local (Feb 4, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hayden, CO
- Injuries
- 6 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N149JAMitsubishi MU2B-40
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820203001489A
- Case key
- 70984
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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 aircraft was 20 feet AGL during landing when the crew heard a propeller go into beta mode and the aircraft yawed to the right. The pilot lost control of the aircraft and it collided with a snow bank which separated the wings from the fuselage. Impact damage made it impossible to tell why the propeller went into beta mode.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N149JA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU2B-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4025A
- Airframe hours
- 1,203
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE331-10-501, 1,000 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Ja Baldwin Mfg Co
- Registered owner
- Ja Baldwin Mfg Co
- Departed
- Kearny
- Destination
- Hayden, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HDN · Yampa Valley, runway 10, 6,999 × 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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,700 total · 1,700 in this make and model · 8,700 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 59 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.