- Date
- December 21, 1979
- Place
- Provo, UT · PROVO, UT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N200BRMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791221040289A
- Case key
- 132073
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3693 79/12/21 PROVO,UT MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1758 N200BR PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC 47, 12833 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1785 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROVO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO. PROVO,UT. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RWY LGTS NOT ACTIVATED BY PLT.PLT CRCD EAST WHEN RWY NOT SITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200BR
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Provo Muni
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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.