Preliminary Report: MU-2 crashes short of BWI

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60, FERNDALE, MD., MAY 14, 2004–At 7:24 a.m., Mitsubishi MU-2B N755AF, operating as Epps Air Service Flight 101, was dest

By Mary F. Silitch

December 19, 2007

MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60, FERNDALE, MD., MAY 14, 2004–At 7:24 a.m., Mitsubishi MU-2B N755AF, operating as Epps Air Service Flight 101, was destroyed when it crashed in Ferndale while approaching Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI). The ATP pilot was killed. VMC prevailed for the flight, which had been operating on an IFR plan from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). The nonscheduled cargo flight was operating under Part 135.

At about 11:21 a.m., the pilot was cleared by BWI Tower to land on Runway 33R. At that point, the airplane was about 10 nm northeast of the airport. It continued on a westerly track, north of the airport, that bypassed the approach end of 33R, but would have been consistent with a modified downwind for Runway 15L. Along that track, the airplane descended to 700 feet. Just before the abeam position for 15L, the airplane began a left turn back toward the southeast. The last radar return was in the approximate position of the wreckage site, with an indicated altitude of 200 feet.

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