- Date
- February 14, 1980
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N346MAMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800214002929A
- Case key
- 132008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0561 80/2/14 NR.HOUSTON,TX MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1902 N346MA PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 45, 12500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON INTERCONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORPUS CHRISTI,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 61 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 6 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CRASHED DRG ILS APCH APRX 5MI BEHIND BOEING 727.ALTMS SET .05 BLO CORRECT SETTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N346MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Houston Intercont
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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.