- Date
- April 9, 1979
- Place
- Gardner, KS · GARDNER, KS
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N251MMitsubishi MU-2B
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790409006639A
- Case key
- 137323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0388 79/4/9 GARDNER,KS MITSUBISHI MU-2B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1657 TIME - 1350 N251M PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 908 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOLA,KS KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL TRUCK CONTAMINATED WITH WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N251M
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gardner Muni
N251MRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2004 · Mitsubishi MU-2BAirframe modelMitsubishi MU-2BEngine modelAiResearch 331 SER 605HP
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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.
Other investigations on N251M · 1
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