# NTSB MKC87FA130: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, N271MA, Kansas City, MO, July 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 2, 1987, 21:05 local (Jul 3, 1987, 02:05 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.090412, -94.579994 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0904&lon=-94.5800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34294
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87FA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34294/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA130

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - airspeed(vr) - not obtained, pilot in command
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, takeoff - roll/run
- Gear collapsed, takeoff - roll/run
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - sheared (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,wheel - separation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N271MA-1994-12-01), registration cancelled 1994-12-01, S/N 797SA (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60
- Registry model: [Mitsubishi MU-2B-60](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (registry code 5780460) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 797 SA
- Airframe hours: 2998
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870702082259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870702082259A), Jul 2, 1987: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on takeoff spun around off runway. Sheared nose gear. Right prop strike. Sheared shaft.

## Other investigations on N271MA (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89FA026](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA026), Nov 17, 1988: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N271MA), Chicago, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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