# Accident 19790409006639A: Mtsbsi MU2B, Gardner, KS, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 13:50 local time
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8093° N, 94.9205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gardner, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8093&lon=-94.9205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N251M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N251M-2004-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B (registry code 5780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,657 total, 803 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790409006639A

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO DOUBLE ENGINE FAILURE. WATER FOUND IN FUEL TANKS AND IN FUEL TRUCK.

## 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 MKC79FCG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCG38), Apr 9, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N251M), Gardner, KS, 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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