# Incident 19881207064509I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Houston, TX, December 7, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1988, 20:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N941MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N941MA-2012-01-18) (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: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881207064509I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTING RAMP MISIDENTIFIED TAXI LIGHTS. TAXIED OFF UNMARKED EDGE INTO DITCH. STOPPED IN SOFT GROUND.

## Other reports on N941MA (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20041130035149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041130035149A), Nov 30, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Philadelphia, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) The MU-2 was cleared for take-off at the same time a delta airlines tug crew was cleared to cross the same runway at an intersection in the path of the…
- [Accident 20030129002539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030129002539A), Jan 29, 2003: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage, 1 fatal. (-23) A courier for the federal reserve bank loaded checks into the subject airlplane and then moved the van to another airplane for loading checks onto that…
- [Incident 20020115000039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020115000039I), Jan 15, 2002: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N941MA), Covington/Cinci, KY, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/15/02 N941MA, MU-2B-60, s/n 744SA, was cleared at 14 NM and 3500 MSL for the rwy 27 visual approach by cvg tower. The pilot stated he began slowing…

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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