- Date
- December 21, 1968
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3550XMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4630 68/12/21 NR.SPRINGFIELD,MO MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1010 N3550X PX- 4 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 35, 2910 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MALFUNCTION OF ARTIFICIAL HORIZON AND TURN NEEDLE. ACFT OBSERVED TO CRASH FROM VERTICAL DIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3550X
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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