Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 N72B

Summary

On 24 March 1983 at about 07:36 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 registered N72B was involved in an accident near Jeffersonville, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 March 1983 at 07:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Jeffersonville, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

32.6792, -83.3395

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60

Registration

N72B

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Atlanta

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DCA83AA022

4 people died.

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 ACFT WAS ON THE RETURN PORTION OF A ROUND TRIP FLT, HAULING CANCELED BANK CHECKS. WHEN THEY BOARDED BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PLT'S WIFE, WHO WAS NOT A PLT, OCCUPIED THE R FRONT SEAT & HIS 2 DAUGHTER'S, AGES 4 & 6, WERE IN THE PASSENGER SEATS. PREVIOUS LEGS OF THE FLT WERE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT. WHILE EN ROUTE ON THE 4TH LEG, A RADAR HANDOFF WAS MADE FROM JACKSONVILLE TO ATLANTA CENTER AT 0225 EST & THE PLT REPORTED AT FL180. THIS WAS HIS LAST KNOWN TRANSMISSION. AT 0230, THE ATC CONTROLLER NOTED THE ACFT WAS PASSING MACON VOR. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST & EFFORTS TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. SEVERAL PERSONS IN THE VICINITY HEARD THE ACFT ENGS ALTERNATELY AT HI SPEED, THEN DEMISHING, BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND SCATTERED OVER A 2 MI AREA. AN EXAM REVEALED THE R WING HAD FAILED UPWARD & THE L WING & L HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD FAILED DOWNWARD FROM OVERLOAD. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF COURSE REVERSAL & DESCENT BEFORE BREAKUP; LIGHT TURBULENCE & ICING AT CRUISE ALT. REASON FOR DSCNT UNKN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.