# Accident 19791101043469A: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Nashville, TN, November 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1979, 21:41 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N873Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N873Q-1982-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,498 total, 661 in this make and model, 269 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101043469A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK WIRES & TREES ON FINAL ILS APPROACH. AUTO PILOT ON, WITH NOSEDOWN TRIM. PILOTS ON DUTY LAST 18 HOURS.

## 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 IAD80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA007), Nov 1, 1979: Mitsubishi MU-2F (N873Q), Nashville, TN, destroyed, 5 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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