33.7490° N, 84.3880° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
Charlie Brown Co
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N899MA
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2B36A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
After APU was disconnected and signal to taxi was received, APU was struck by the horizontal stabilizer
As the FAA filed it
AFTER APU WAS DISCONNECTED AND SIGNAL TO TAXI WAS RECEIVED, APU WAS STRUCK BY THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER