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Final Report: MU-2 goes down following engine failure

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain air

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

July 30, 2008

Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, The Woodlands, Texas, May 1, 2001–The NTSB determined that the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control following a loss of right engine power, which resulted in hitting terrain in an uncontrolled descent. A contributing factor was the loss of right engine power as a result of the fatigue failure of the propeller shaft coupling.

At 12:42 p.m. CDT Mitsubishi N16CG struck trees, crashed and was destroyed during an uncontrolled descent near The Woodlands, Texas. The airplane, co-owned by the pilot and passenger, was being flown under Part 91. Both occupants were killed. The aircraft was flying in VMC on a cross-country flight from Conroe, Texas to Alamogordo, N.M.

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