# Accident 19801130076179A: Mtsbsi MU2*, Port Aransas, TX, November 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1980, 14:35 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8118° N, 97.0888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSTANG BEACH (RAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8118&lon=-97.0888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44MR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 625 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801130076179A

## Narrative

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

LOST PROP BLADE IN FLIGHT. VIBRATION TORE ENGINE LOOSE. EMERGENCY CRASH-LANDED ON AIRPORT 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 FTW81FRG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRG08), Nov 30, 1980: Mitsubishi MU-2J (N44MR), Port Aransas, TX, destroyed

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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