- Date
- November 11, 1982, 16:36 local (23:36 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N274MAMitsubishi MU-2B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821111057909A
- Case key
- 70604
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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 being repositioned for an air taxi operation. The pilot began taking off on a slush covered runway. He reported that as the aircraft accelerated, the nosewheel began to sling water and slush off the runway and onto the windshield. He raised the nosewheel slightly to eliminate this distraction. At about that point, the aircraft swerved to the right. Reportedly, the pilot immediately moved both power levers back to the reverse to abort. The aircraft then swerved abruptly to the left, but continued off the right side of the runway and went down an embankment. The pilot brought both condition levers back to the emergency shut-off position as the plane skidded off the runway. Frozen slush was found on the airframe. A grayish-white residue, possibly from evaporated water/steam was noted inside the exhaust stack of the right eng. Both prop feather vlvs were found open, both eng shut- off vlvs were closed, both prop latch pins were engaged, but the left prop was feathered & the right was in flat pitch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N274MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 786SA
- Airframe hours
- 1,288
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-33110501M, 778 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- International Jet Aviation Ser
- Registered owner
- 274ma Association
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Airport
- APA · Arapahoe County, runway 10, 4,900 × 62 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11,115 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 10,739 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N274MA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.