# Accident 19761203039979A: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Gadsden, AL, December 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1976
- Place: Gadsden, AL
- Airport: Gadsden Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Aircraft: N304L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N304L-1979-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,570 total, 171 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FKJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761203039979A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

No narrative was filed.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA77FKJ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ08), Dec 3, 1976: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N304L), Gadsden, AL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N304L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790421031409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790421031409A), Apr 21, 1979: Mtsbsi MU2B20 (N304L), Marsh Harbor, Bahamas, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed, made steep turn, hit a tree.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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