- Date
- January 20, 1988, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Teterboro, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N349MAMitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880120002119A
- Case key
- 36018
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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.
Altitude deviation,uncontrolled
Autopilot - improper use ofCause
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Analysis
The MU-2 made a departure and while climbing through approximately 800 ft AGL, there was an inadvertent auto-pilot engagement. The nose pitched down and right. Both pilots got on the controls and control was maintained. A normal landing was made at the point of departure. The flight crew did not use standard auto-pilot disengagement procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N349MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31667985054
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331, 705 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Epps Air
- Registered owner
- Epps Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 10, 1988
- Departed
- TEB · Teterboro, NJ
- Destination
- PNE · No.Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 620 in this make and model · 3,700 as pilot in command · 400 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TEB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.