- Date
- July 2, 1987, 21:05 local (Jul 3, 1987, 02:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N271MAMitsubishi MU-2B-60
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870702082259A
- Case key
- 34294
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a takeoff, PIC lost directional control of acft, causing it to swerve off the active runway, spin around, shearing the nose gear assembly and left main wheel. The nose wheel strut assembly careened into the right powerplant propeller causing the torque shaft to shear. Subsequent tear down and inspection of the powerplants, and the autopilot system showed no malfunction of the respective components. The PIC was the owner of the air taxi service and was in the process of repositioning the acft. His total time in MU-2'S reflects a substantial amount of co-plt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N271MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 797 SA
- Airframe hours
- 2,998
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-10, 778 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Corporate Aviation Service
- Registered owner
- Film Properties, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- TUL · Tulsa, OK
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKC · Mkc Downtown, runway 19, 7,001 × 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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,599 total · 270 in this make and model · 2,825 as pilot in command · 88 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 1 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.
Other investigations on N271MA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.