# Accident 19790803031719A: Mtsbsi MU2B, Hays, KS, August 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1979, 21:27 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8826° N, 99.3222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hays, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8826&lon=-99.3222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N208MA-1994-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B (registry code 5780404, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE33125AA
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 2,168 total, 140 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790803031719A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE DUE TO COMPRESSOR BEARING FAILURE. SMOKE IN CABIN. OVERSHOT LANDING AT ARPT. STALLED ON GO AROUND

## 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 MKC79FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA046), Aug 3, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N208MA), Hays, KS, destroyed, 7 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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