- Date
- January 6, 1981
- Place
- Norfolk, VA · NORFOLK, VA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N755QMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126604
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0034 81/1/6 NORFOLK,VA MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2030 N755Q PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 47, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3706 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,AL NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- OUTER CABIN WINDOW PANE FRACTURED.S/B #-102,DATED 2/25/70,REQUIRING OUTER WINDOW REPLMNT,NCW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N755Q
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N755QRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2009 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-20Airframe modelMitsubishi MU-2B-20Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.