Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Sep 6, 1990 (1 killed), N...
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on September 6, 1990 near Nashville, Tennessee, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The NTSB findings as quoted on...
- Date: September 6, 1990
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The NTSB findings as quoted on ASN cite the operator decision to fly the aircraft with a known right engine power deficiency, and the pilot improper planning or decision making, including the failure to abort the takeoff. The full NTSB text was truncated in the sources reviewed.
On 6 September 1990 a Mitsubishi MU-2B Marquise (N82MA) operated by Tennessee Air was on a ferry flight from Nashville International to a maintenance base in Murfreesboro. Shortly after takeoff it climbed poorly, flew low and slow in a right bank and struck the ground just north of the runway. The sole occupant was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.