# Accident 19871223074879A: Mtsbsi MU2B30, San Salvador Is, Bahamas, December 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1987, 16:00 local time
- Place: San Salvador Is, Bahamas
- Airport: Little San Salvador Island
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N255C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N255C-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 (registry code 5780410, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B30
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA88WA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88WA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871223074879A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON LANDING ON SAN SALVADOR ISLAND.

## 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 MIA88WA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88WA074), Dec 23, 1987: Mitsubishi MU-2B-30 (N255C), San Salvador, El Salvador, substantial damage

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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