# Accident 19770405021789A: Mtsbsi MU2B30, Bronx, NY, April 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1977
- Place: Bronx, NY
- Airport: Laguardia
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 40.7772° N, 73.8726° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAGUARDIA (LGA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7772&lon=-73.8726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888RJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888RJ-1977-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 (registry code 5780410, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B30
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 13,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770405021789A

## 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 NYC77FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FA046), Apr 5, 1977: Mitsubishi MU-2 (N888RJ), Bronx, NY, destroyed, 7 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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