Accident · 2004-05-14
What the record says
- Event date
- 2004-05-14
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (N755AF)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a sharp turn, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with terrain. Factors included the pilot's failure to fly to the intended point of landing, and his abrupt course reversal back towards it.
Source: NTSB case IAD04FA021Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.