Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Apr 15, 2002 (2 killed)
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on April 15, 2002 near San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot failed to...
- Date: April 15, 2002
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín (Isla Verde), Puerto Rico
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot failed to maintain airspeed while manoeuvring after inadvertent encounter with cloud, resulting in an inadvertent stall and uncontrolled descent into terrain and obstacles.
A Maxfly Aviation Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise flying from Christiansted to San Juan entered light rain and low cloud while manoeuvring to hold over the airport. The aircraft lost airspeed in a turn, stalled and descended into trees, a wall and a building, and burned. The pilot and one person on the ground were killed, with minor injuries to others on the ground.