# NTSB Accident DFW05FA202
> **Mitsubishi MU-2B-60** · 2005-08-04 · Parker, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DFW05FA202
- **Event ID:** 20050810X01193
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-08-04
- **Location:** Parker, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.4925, -104.846664
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mitsubishi
- **Model:** MU-2B-60
- **Registration:** N454MA
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to fly a stabilized instrument approach at night which resulted in controlled flight into terrain.  Contributing factors were; the dark night, low clouds, the inadequate design and function of the airport facility’s Minimum Safe Altitude Warning System (MSAW), and the FAA’s inadequate procedure for updating information to ATC controllers.

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