Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 accident near Argyle, FL
On September 1, 2006, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Argyle, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 1, 2006
- Place
- Argyle, FL
- Aircraft
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 30.686°N, 86.034°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060906X01291
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 1, 2006, approximately 1115 central daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 twin-engine turboprop airplane, N6569L, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Argyle, Florida. The airline transport pilot, who was the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Intercontinental Jet Incorporated, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and operated by Berg Steel Pipe Corporation, Panama City, Florida. Day instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The flight departed Tulsa International Airport (TUL), Tulsa, Oklahoma, approximately 0853, and was en route to Panama City Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City, Florida. According to transcripts provided by Lockheed Martin, the pilot contacted the McAllister, Oklahoma, Federal Contract Facility at 0726 to file an IFR flight plan and obtain a preflight weather briefing for the flight from TUL to PFN. The briefer noted no adverse weather conditions along the route, stating that the pilot could expect to encounter only some showers between Tulsa and Fort Smith, Arkansas, and no other significant weather. The pilot then filed a flight plan from TUL direct to DEFUN intersection (near DeFuniak Springs, Florida), then direct to PFN, requesting flight level (FL) 190. The briefer accepted the flight plan, asked the pilot if he had any further questions, then terminated the call. The airplane departed TUL at 0853 and climbed to FL190. The flight was uneventful, an
Probable cause
the pilot's inadvertent flight into thunderstorm activity that resulted in the loss of control, design limits of the airplane being exceeded and subsequent in-flight breakup. A contributing factor was the failure of air traffic control to use available radar information to warn the pilot he was about to encounter moderate, heavy, and extreme precipitation along his route of flight,
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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.
