Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Mar 13, 1993, Araxá-Romeu...
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on March 13, 1993 near Araxá-Romeu Zema, Minas Gerais, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Landing before the displaced...
- Date: March 13, 1993
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Araxá-Romeu Zema, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing before the displaced threshold, which had no threshold markings in place to show its position.
A Mitsubishi MU-2 charter flight from Nova Ponte landed short of a newly displaced threshold on runway 33 at Araxa-Romeu Zema Airport in Brazil. The left main gear hit an excavation from road works, the left wing and engine struck the ground, and the aircraft came to rest about 200 metres further on. All seven occupants got out safely and the aircraft was written off.