Mitsubishi MU-300 accident near Goodland, KS
On December 15, 1993, a Mitsubishi MU-300 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Goodland, KS. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 15, 1993
- Place
- Goodland, KS
- Aircraft
- Mitsubishi MU-300 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.339°N, 101.700°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X13828
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 15, 1993, at 1305 mountain standard time, a Mitsubishi MU-300, N710MB, registered to Frank E. Whitham, and operated by a crew of two pilots, impacted the terrain one mile east of the Shugr Locator Outer Marker(LOM), after being cleared for the ILS runway 30 approach at Goodland Municipal, Goodland, Kansas. The airplane was destroyed by the impact and post- accident fire. The crew of two and the one passenger aboard received fatal injuries. The corporate/executive flight was operating under provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 on an IFR flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions existed at the Goodland, Kansas airport, at the time of the accident. The flight departed Scott City, Kansas, at 1248 with the intended destination of Glasgow, Montana, with an intermediate stop at Goodland, Kansas. According to transcripts from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) records, the pilot-in-command called the Wichita Automated Flight Service station on four occasions on the date of the accident for weather briefings, to file an IFR flight plan, and to obtain an IFR clearance between 0845 and 1239. A cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript from the accident airplane began at 1233, contained voices of the pilot-in-command and the second pilot along with anomalous cockpit noises. At the beginning of the recording the flight crew members were heard discussing the proposed flight, setting navigation equipment, and preparing for the flight. They continued through a checklist, with liftoff occurring at 1248. Radar contact was established with FAA Denver Air Route T
Probable cause
THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S INADVERTENT STALL OF THE AIRPLANE. A FACTOR ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACCIDENT IS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S POOR IFR PROCEDURES.
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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.
