38.7117° N, 78.1600° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 17, 1981 · 08:57 local
Place
Washington, VA
Airport
National
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N945MA
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2*
Reported engine
AiResearch TPE331*
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,580 total100 in this make and model115 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.
Lost airspeed, altitude and VSI on climbout. Lost electric power. Tape on static ports, bad circuit breaker.
As the FAA filed it
LOST AIRSPEED, ALTITUDE AND VSI ON CLIMBOUT. LOST ELECTRIC POWER. TAPE ON STATIC PORTS, BAD CIRCUIT BREAKER.