- Date
- January 19, 1978
- Place
- Hawesville, KY · HAWESVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N115SMitsubishi MU-2
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780119000539A
- Case key
- 143513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0040 78/1/19 HAWESVILLE,KY MITSUBISHI MU-2 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0935 N115S PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC 36, 5600 TOTAL HOURS, 598 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANCOCK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARROLLTON,GA HAWESVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N115S
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hancock County
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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.