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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Mtsbsi MU2B30 · Pago Pago, TQ · November 21, 1981

Date
November 21, 1981 · 15:46 local
Place
Pago Pago, TQ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N109TW
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2B30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Pilot ditched in pacific ocean due to inability to transfer fuel. Aircraft recovered. Pilot presumed drowned.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT DITCHED IN PACIFIC OCEAN DUE TO INABILITY TO TRANSFER FUEL. AIRCRAFT RECOVERED. PILOT PRESUMED DROWNED.