# Accident 19780825042449A: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Raton, NM, August 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1978
- Place: Raton, NM
- Airport: Crews Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 36.8878° N, 104.4404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raton, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8878&lon=-104.4404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N178MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N178MA-2009-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331SER 705HP (registry code 01506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331ser-705hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B35
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 3,701 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825042449A

## Narrative

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

RECOVERY DATE 08/27/78.ALCOHOL 64 MG FROM LUNGTISSUE,54 MG FRASTRIC CONTENTS.

## 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 DEN78FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA065), Aug 25, 1978: Mitsubishi MU-2J (N178MA), Raton, NM, substantial damage, 6 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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