# Accident 19800214002929A: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Houston, TX, February 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1980, 19:15 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N346MA-1980-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-35 (registry code 5780411, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B35
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800214002929A

## Narrative

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

TOO LOW ON FINAL IFR APPROACH. STRUCK TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY.

## 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 FTW80FA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA042), Feb 14, 1980: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N346MA), Houston, TX, destroyed, 4 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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