Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 accident near Casper, WY
On April 6, 1993, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Casper, WY. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 6, 1993
- Place
- Casper, WY
- Aircraft
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 42.897°N, 106.465°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X12240
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On April 6, 1993, approximately 0435 mountain daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-35, N96JP, was destroyed when it collided with terrain approximately eight and one half miles west of the Casper, Wyoming, airport. The Airline Transport Pilot, two medical technicians, and a cardiac patient were fatally injured in the accident. The air ambulance flight, to be conducted under 14 CFR 135, had departed Riverton, Wyoming, at 0409, according to Wyoming Medical Center dispatch records. The flight was under an instrument flight rules flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at Casper at the time of the accident. The ELT functioned and was used to locate the wreckage, which burned after impact. The pilot of the air ambulance flight had worked during office hours at administrative functions for his employer on April 5, 1993. According to Wyoming Medical Center records, Wyoming Life Flight received notification at 0046, April 6, 1993, of a patient at Riverton, Wyoming, in a state of post-cardiac arrest care, who required transport to the Wyoming Medical Center. Because the Life Flight helicopter was grounded due to weather, Casper Air Service was notified at 0050. The pilot advised that the fixed wing aircraft would be available by 0145. At 0105, the pilot called Casper FSS by telephone, obtaining an abbreviated weather briefing and filed two IFR flight plans, to and from Riverton. At 0203, the pilot contacted FSS by radio, received a Casper airport advisory and picked up an IFR clearance to Riverton. The pilot did not cancel his IFR flight plan when
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALTITUDE DURING THE NIGHT IFR APPROACH IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC).
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
