# Accident 19770107021229A: Mtsbsi MU2B10, Rochester, MN, January 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 1977
- Place: Rochester, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 44.0216° N, 92.4699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0216&lon=-92.4699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N854Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N854Q-1977-08-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-10 (registry code 5780406, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B10
- Reported engine: ARSRCH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770107021229A

## Narrative

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

FLAPS FULL DOWN.

## 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 MKC77FA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FA011), Jan 7, 1977: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N854Q), Rochester, MN, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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