# Accident 19800223003549A: Mtsbsi MU2B40, New Orleans, LA, February 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1980, 11:18 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lake Front
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N962MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N962MA-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (registry code 5780440, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B40
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800223003549A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK WATER SHORT OF RUNWAY ON FRONT COURSE APPROACH. WEATHER WAS REPORTED BELOW LANDING MINIMUM ..

## 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 FTW80FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA048), Feb 23, 1980: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N962MA), New Orleans, LA, 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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