# NTSB Accident SEA96MA043
> **Mitsubishi MU-2B-36** · 1996-01-15 · MALAD CITY, ID, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA96MA043
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05205
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-01-15
- **Location:** MALAD CITY, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.239139, -112.300422
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 8
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 8
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mitsubishi
- **Model:** MU-2B-36
- **Registration:** N693PA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NBRT
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

continued flight by the flightcrew into icing conditions with known faulty deice equipment; structural (airframe) ice; and failure of the flight crew to maintain adequate airspeed, which resulted in the loss of aircraft control and collision with terrain.  A factor relating to the accident was: the en route weather (icing) condition, which was not forecast (inaccurate forecast).

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