"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
k.net...
There are indeed a number of odd accidents with no particular pattern.
I
have read all the reports. Seven died after taking off over gross into
known severe icing with non-functioning boots (they knew this when they
departed). They didn't get very far. Another was lost after a NTS
inflight
test failed. Why they tried it at night(!!!) is beyond me. Another
flew
into the ground at Martha's Vineyard. He was 800' below the GS at the
outer
marker. The fatal accident rate is about the same as the King Air 90
series
according to the last data I saw, so I guess that not all the bonehead
pilots are flying MU-2s.

Mitsubishi stopped making the airplanes in 1982 when the bottom fell out
of
the aircraft market although they called planes built in 1982 and sold
in
1985 "1985 models". The MU-2 enjoys excellent support from Mitusbishi
even
though it has been out of production for 18 yrs.

The airframe was built in Japan and shipped to Texas where it was
assembled
with US made engines, props, avionics and virtually everything else.
The
plane had 70% US content. The airplanes are really well built, much
better
than the competition. The MU-2 offers the best price/performance in its
class by a wide margin. It is substantially faster AND substantially
cheaper than comparable King Airs or Cheyennes.

Mike
MU-2


Sorta!! http://www.jetbrokers.com/tpmu.html


There are some problems with this data. The first thing that I noticed is
that a Merlin has lower operating cost than a Marquise. I happen to know
that a Merlin uses more fuel, has twice the maitenance cost per flight hour
and is slower. It can't possible have a lower DOC, so the data is
inaccurate..

Mike
MU-2