# Accident 19771228043149A: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Addison, TX, December 28, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1977
- Place: Addison, TX
- Airport: Addison
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 32.9686° N, 96.8365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADDISON (ADS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9686&lon=-96.8365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N245MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245MA-1993-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B35
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 614 total, 435 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771228043149A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK APPROACH LIGHT STANCHION.

## 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 FTW78FPA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPA10), Dec 28, 1977: Mitsubishi MU-2J (N245MA), Addison, TX, substantial damage

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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