37.2153° N, 93.2982° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 24, 1980 · 23:29 local
Place
Springfield, MO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N277MA
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2*
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,000 total40 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Cabin filled with smoke when heater was turned on for the first time in new airplane
As the FAA filed it
CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE WHEN HEATER WAS TURNED ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW AIRPLANE