Congressman Tom Tancredo wages lengthy battle urging the FAA to ground the Mitsubishi MU-2
A spate of crashes that led the FAA to propose mandatory pilot training requirements for the Mitsubishi MU-2 galvanized Rep.

A spate of crashes that led the FAA to propose mandatory pilot training requirements for the Mitsubishi MU-2 galvanized Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) into action. Representing constituents Jim and Linda Presba, whose son was killed in a Dec. 10, 2004, MU-2 crash near Centennial, Colo., Tancredo launched an effort to force the FAA to ground the MU-2.

He began with a June 23, 2005, letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. “I feel this action is warranted due to the aircraft’s abysmal flight safety record,” he wrote. Citing NTSB statistics, Tancredo urged Blakey to ground the MU-2 fleet “until a thorough review of all MU-2 accidents is made.”

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