Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 N181RS

Summary

On 19 March 1983 at about 04:35 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 registered N181RS, operated by Newcomb Securites Co., was involved in an accident near Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 March 1983 at 04:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Ft. Collins/Loveland Muni (FNL)

Coordinates

40.6493, -105.0305

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40

Registration

N181RS

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Newcomb Securites Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Island → Ft. Collins

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN83FTE08

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN. PROPS WERE BROUGHT TO THE BETA RANGE, & CORRECTION WAS ADDED WITH RIGHT SPOILER & RIGHT RUDDER. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE DROPPING OR TURNING TO THE LEFT & THE ACFT HIT A SNOWRIDGE. BOTH ENGS WERE FEATHERED & THE ACFT SLID ALONG THE SNOWRIDGE. THE LEFT WING TIP WAS STRIKING THE GROUND ALONG WITH THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG STRUT WAS SHEARED FLUSH WITH THE BARREL CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. METALLURGICAL TESTS REVEALED THAT THE ROD HAD BEEN OVERLOADED & HAD NOT BEEN WEAKENED BY CORROSION, CRACKS OR FATIGUE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.