Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Dec 21, 1968 (5 killed)
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on December 21, 1968 near Pleasant Hope Missouri, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control for an...
- Date: December 21, 1968
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Pleasant Hope Missouri, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control for an undetermined reason, with malfunction of the artificial horizon and turn needle reported.
The Mitsubishi MU2 Marquise was cruising when it went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a near vertical attitude in a field about five miles south of Pleasant Hope, Missouri. The aircraft was destroyed and all five people on board were killed.