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Mitsubishi MU-2B-40. Destroyed. Four fatalities.
The pilot had begun training in the MU-2 about four months before he launched a flight with three passengers from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to Titusville, Florida, U.S., the morning of May 15, 2017. “Before beginning training in the airplane … the pilot had 21 hours of multiengine experience accumulated during sporadic flights over nine years,” said the report by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). His total flight experience amounted to about 1,400 hours.
“Per a special federal aviation regulation, a pilot must complete specific ground and flight tra…
