# Accident 19770404008469A: Mtsbsi MU2B25, Ypsilanti, MI, April 4, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1977
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 42.2403° N, 83.5315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLOW RUN (YIP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2403&lon=-83.5315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N321MA-1977-06-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (registry code 5780409, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,992 total, 144 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEC25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770404008469A

## Narrative

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

MAINTENANCE CONDUCTED ON ELEVATOR TRIM TAB BRACKET ON 03/04/77.

## 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 CHI77FEC25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEC25), Apr 4, 1977: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N321MA), Ypsilanti, MI, destroyed

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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