Mitsubishi MU 300 N200LP

Summary

On 12 January 2016 at about 15:30 local time, a Mitsubishi MU 300 registered N200LP, operated by Central Flying Service Inc, was involved in an incident near Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

12 January 2016 at 15:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Bill and Hillary Clinton Natio (LIT)

Coordinates

34.7294, -92.2247

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU 300

Registration

N200LP

Category

Unknown

Year built

1983

Operator

Central Flying Service Inc

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Little Rock → Lake Charles

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16IA091

Nobody was injured.

The flight crew's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane, during which they failed to see a fueling mat that had been placed on the inboard trailing edge of the right wing, which the right engine subsequently ingested during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the incident was the airplane fueler's failure to remove the fuel mat after fueling the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot and the copilot were conducting an on-demand, air taxi flight with two passengers on board. The pilot reported that, during the takeoff roll, he heard a "grumble" and that the airplane began shaking. The passengers reported to the flight crew that they saw flames coming out of the right engine. The flight crew then stopped the airplane on the runway and shut down the engines. Postincident examination of the right engine revealed that it had ingested a fuel mat that airplane fuelers had placed on the inboard trailing edge of the wing during preflight fueling and failed to remove after fueling. The pilots reported that they did not conduct an exterior preflight inspection of the airplane after it was fueled and that, during a subsequent visual inspection of the fuel caps, they did not see the fuel mat because of its location on the right wing. The pilots' inadequate inspection of the airplane after it was fueled led to the right engine ingesting the fuel mat during the takeoff roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.