# Accident 19780119000539A: Mtsbsi MU2B30, Hawesville, KY, January 19, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1978
- Place: Hawesville, KY
- Airport: Hancock County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 37.8912° N, 86.7570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawesville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8912&lon=-86.7570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N115S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N115S-1984-03-10) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 598 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DLQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780119000539A

## 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 IAD78DLQ08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ08), Jan 19, 1978: Mitsubishi MU-2 (N115S), Hawesville, KY, 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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