Accident · 1995-09-21

NTSB case MIA95FA226 · MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1995-09-21
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-35 (N309MA)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Corporate Flight Management, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CORPORATE FLIGHT MANAGEMENT

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN A PROPER CLIMB RATE AFTER TAKEOFF, AND HIS INADVERTENT ENTRY IN A DESCENDING SPIRAL, WHICH HE FAILED TO CORRECT. FACTORS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS, AND THE PILOT BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN AN IFR CLEARANCE.

Source: NTSB case MIA95FA226

Flight 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.

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