- Date
- February 8, 1976
- Place
- Easton, MD · EASTON, MD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N300MAMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760208009639A
- Case key
- 149840
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0685 76/2/8 EASTON,MD MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1225 N300MA PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 59, 16800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL EASTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BLACK SMOKE OBSVD FOLLOWED BY A STALL DEPARTURE TO THE L.ACFT ABT 150 FT AGL APRX 200 FT L OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Easton 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.