# Accident 19811105071729A: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Saratoga, WY, November 5, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1981, 17:30 local time
- Place: Saratoga, WY
- Airport: Shively
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4435° N, 106.8275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHIVELY FLD (SAA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4435&lon=-106.8275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53AD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53AD-1989-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE33110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16,600 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811105071729A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED AFTER CLIMBING 100 TO 200 FT AFTER TAKEOFF. NO ENGINE OR OTHER MALFUNCTION DISCOVERED.

## 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 DEN82FA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FA006), Nov 5, 1981: Mitsubishi MU-2B (N53AD), Saratoga, WY, 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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