- Date
- April 19, 1981
- Place
- Lajitas, TX · LAJITAS, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 5 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N500GLMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810419017619A
- Case key
- 125647
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1399 81/4/19 LAJITAS,TX MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1620 N500GL PX- 1 5 3 CORP/EXEC AGE 32, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 4400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAJITAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAJITAS,TX HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 1.0% UPSLOPE RWY 5.DENS ALT 4800FT.ACFT NEAR MAX GWT,AFT CG LMT.WIND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500GL
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lajitas
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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