# Accident 19810419017619A: Mtsbsi MU2B35, Lajitas, TX, April 19, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1981, 16:20 local time
- Place: Lajitas, TX
- Airport: Lajitas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.2771° N, 103.6858° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAJITAS INTL (T89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2771&lon=-103.6858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500GL-1982-03-26) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 4,400 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810419017619A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLIMB ON DOWNWIND. FLAPS UP TAKEOFF. STRUCK  WIRES OFF END OF RUNWAY. INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY FOR CONDITIONS.

## 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 FTW81FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA075), Apr 19, 1981: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N500GL), Lajitas, TX, destroyed, 2 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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