- Date
- April 16, 1972
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N132MAMitsubishi MU-2G
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0669 72/4/16 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ MITSUBISHI MU-2G CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1419 N132MA PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC 37, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BADER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- EVIDENCE THAT GEESE HIT WINDSHIELD POSSIBLY INCAPACITATING ONE OR BOTH PLTS. FOG BANK ALONG SHORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N132MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bader
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