Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Aug 4, 2005 (1 killed), P...
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on August 4, 2005 near Parker, Colorado, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's failure to fly a...
- Date: August 4, 2005
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: Parker, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to fly a stabilized instrument approach at night, leading to controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the dark night, low clouds, the design of the minimum safe altitude warning system and FAA procedures for updating controllers.
A Mitsubishi MU-2B cargo flight flown by a single pilot made a night instrument approach to Denver in low cloud. The aircraft never captured the glideslope, descended below it, and struck terrain about four miles short of the runway. The pilot was killed, and investigators also cited the tower's minimum safe altitude warning timing and FAA procedures.