- Date
- November 30, 1980
- Place
- Port Aransas, TX · PORT ARANSAS, TX
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44MRMitsubishi MU-2J
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801130076179A
- Case key
- 128052
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3557 80/11/30 NR.PORT ARANSAS,TX MITSUBISHI MU-2J CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 10500 TIME - 1430 N44MR PX- 0 4 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 625 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSTANG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROWNSVILLE,TX ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MOUNT AND VIBRATION ISOLATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WND GUSTS 24KTS. PROP BLADE FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE, ORIGINATING AT STRESS CORROSION CRACK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44MR
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mustang Beach
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.