Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Feb 10, 2001, Macapá
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on February 10, 2001 near Macapá, Amapá, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the second stage of the high...
- Date: February 10, 2001
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Macapá, Amapá, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure of the second stage of the high pressure compressor disk in the left engine, possibly from fatigue cracking or a manufacturing defect; the exact cause was not determined.
A Heringer Taxi Aereo Mitsubishi MU-2 on a charter from Belem to Macapa suffered an explosion and fire in its left engine on final approach. It lost height below the glide path and crash landed in grass beside the runway, where it burned. All occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was destroyed.