Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Jan 4, 1985 (1 killed), W...
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on January 4, 1985 near West Point-Middle Peninsula, Virginia, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Weather below...
- Date: January 4, 1985
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: West Point-Middle Peninsula, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Weather below approach minimums, the pilot becoming lost or disoriented, and a missed approach not being performed, with darkness and the tree strike as factors.
A Mitsubishi MU-2B Marquise (N275MA) on a ferry flight from Youngstown to West Point, Virginia circled the airport in low cloud and fog at night and then struck trees about 6.5 miles west of the field. The sole pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.