ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 137035
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| Date: | Monday 23 November 1992 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Wayne C Muhler |
| Registration: | N473FW |
| MSN: | 269 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, Colorado (BJC/KBJC) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off November 20, 1992: In preparation for a cross country flight with take-off occurring during a snow storm, the aircraft was loaded in the hangar and towed out by FBO personnel. Following the tow, the nose undercarriage torque link was not properly re-connected and it separated during the take-off run.
Due to the loss of nose-wheel steering, the take-off was aborted. However, the aircraft departed the side of the runway during the abort and the nose wheel was sheared off causing damage to both engines, wings, the fuselage, and undercarriage. All of which were presumably enough to render the aircraft as "damaged beyond economical repair", as the registration N473FW was cancelled by the FAA on November 17 1994 - two years later. None of the four persons on board (two crew and two passengers) were injured.
The NTSB determined the probably cause to be: A failure by FBO personnel to properly connect the nose-wheel torque link after towing the aircraft
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: DEN93LA013 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001211X16028&key=1
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=473FW
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 November 1992 | N473FW | Private | 0 | Broomfield, CO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2011 08:33 | harro | Added |
| 05-Mar-2016 23:54 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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