N246W (Mitsubishi MU-2B-60) — accident record & aircraft history

This airframe was written off — TSB records the aircraft destroyed on March 29, 2016. No route data will appear.

Safety history

March 29, 2016AccidentHull loss
The twin engine aircraft left Montreal-Saint-Hubert Airport at 0930LT for a two hours flight to Le Havre-aux-Maisons, on Magdalen Islands. Upon arrival, weather conditions were marginal with low ceiling, visibility up to two miles, rain and wind gusting to 30 knots.
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise · 7 fatalities
Findings as to causes and contributing factors: 1. The pilot’s inability to effectively manage the aircraft’s energy condition led to an unstable approach. 2. The pilot “got behind” the aircraft by allowing events to control his actions, and cognitive biases led him to continue the unstable approach. 3. Full accident record

Worst recorded outcome: destroyed (March 29, 2016).

March 29, 2016Accidentdestroyed
Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 · Îles-de-la-madeleine · 7 fatalities · A16A0032
N246W, a privately operated Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 aeroplane, departed Montreal/St. Hubert, QC (CYHU) at 0931 EDT on an IFR flight to Iles de la Madeleine, QC (CYGR). Onboard was the pilot in command, a pilot-passenger occupying the right-hand cockpit seat and 5 passengers seated in the aircraft’s cabin. The flight…