Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Dec 10, 2004 (2 killed)
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on December 10, 2004 near Denver-Centennial, Colorado, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to...
- Date: December 10, 2004
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Denver-Centennial, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain minimum controllable airspeed during the night visual approach, resulting in loss of control and uncontrolled descent into terrain, with the precautionary shutdown of the left engine as a contributing factor.
An MU-2 cargo flight returned to Denver-Centennial after a left engine was shut down shortly after takeoff. On the approach it overshot final at an airspeed below minimum controllable and entered a rapid descent, striking the ground nose first. Both occupants were killed.