- Date
- January 9, 1990, 17:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N666HBMitsubishi MU-2B-25
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900109000339A
- Case key
- 32612
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Probable cause
Failure of the owner/operator to obtain proper maintenance and inspection of the aircraft. Factors related to the accident were: operation of the aircraft by the pilot without a current annual inspection (known deficiency), an oil leak in the left engine which resulted in oil exhaustion, and an undetermined propeller control linkage problem with the right engine.
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 lt prop & eng were feathered & secured due to low oil pressure. The plt diverted to an alternate arpt. During final apch with a landing configuration, he applied power, but the rt eng provided only about 40% torque. Atmts to correct the problem were unsuccessful. The plt retracted the gear & ditched the acft. Exam of lt eng nacelle revealed oil leakage from an unknown source, which depleted the oil supply. The rt eng condition & power levers were operationally checked. When moved, the linkage at the prop governor did not move; the fuel control concentric shaft control linkage assy was 'stiff.' No determination could be made as to why the prop governor did not move when the condition lever was moved. The rt eng was removed for an eng run. It operated normally. The prop governor & prop pitch control were tested; they operated normally. The last annual inspn was dated 3/5/84. A 100 hr inspn of the airframe (only) was performed 2.3 flt hrs before the acdnt. The eng logbooks were not located.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N666HB
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 281
- Airframe hours
- 3,353
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331M, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Riggs, Charles A.
- Registered owner
- Riggs, Charles A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 11, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- AGS · Augusta, GA
- Destination
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Muni
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 13,500 as pilot in command · 51 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG, 4 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.