- Date
- January 7, 1977
- Place
- Rochester, MN · ROCHESTER, MN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N854QMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770107021229A
- Case key
- 156930
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1406 77/1/7 ROCHESTER,MN MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 8000 TIME - 1918 N854Q PX- 3 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,MN LINCOLN,NE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 3 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 17 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLAPS FULL DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N854Q
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.