Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 N513DC

Summary

On 5 March 1986 at about 23:06 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 registered N513DC was involved in an accident near Eola, Illinois, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 March 1986 at 23:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Eola, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

41.7791, -88.2399

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-60

Registration

N513DC

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago → West Chicago

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FA098

5 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

EVIDENCE SHOWS CO-PILOT CALLED, 'MAYDAY, UNCONTROLLED SPIN' AFTER ACFT RADAR TRACK SHOWED DECEL FROM 180 TO 120 KTS OVER 2 MIN PERIOD WHILE MAINTAINING CONSTANT 4000 FT CRZ ALT. CONSTANT ALT CONSISTENT WITH AUTOPILOT/AUTOTRIM USE, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF REPORTED TURBULENCE/ICING. ELEV TRIM FOUND AT APPROX 13 DEG NOSE UP. NO EVIDENCE FOUND OF PREIMPACT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN ACFT PWRPLANTS, STRUCTURE OR SYSTEMS. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS SCENARIO OF CREW INATTENTION AFTER PWR REDUCTION WITH AUTOPILOT ALTITUDE SETTING. ON PWR APPLICATION, ACFT PITCHED UP FROM SLOW SPEED INTO UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT. DUTY DAY AT TIME OF MISHAP APPROACHING 11 HOURS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.