- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Saratoga, WY · SARATOGA, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N53ADMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105071729A
- Case key
- 122748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3668 81/11/5 SARATOGA,WY MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1730 N53AD PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC 48, 16600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIVELY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SARATOGA,WY ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SHORTLY AFTER TKOF,ACFT CRASHED IN R DSNDG TURN.D/A APRX 6900FT.NO PRE-ACDNT MALF OR FAILURE FND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53AD
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shively
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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