- Date
- August 25, 1978
- Place
- Raton, NM · RATON, NM
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N178MAMitsubishi MU-2J
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780825042449A
- Case key
- 139415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3938 78/8/25 NR.RATON,NM MITSUBISHI MU-2J CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2337 N178MA PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 37, 3702 TOTAL HOURS, 679 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CREWS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO RATON,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 08/27/78.ALCOHOL 64 MG % FROM LUNGTISSUE,54 MG % FROM GASTRIC CONTENTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N178MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crews Field
N178MARegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-35Airframe modelMitsubishi MU-2B-35Engine modelAiResearch 331SER 705HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.