UNK78X0106

NTSB accident investigation · Mitsubishi MU2 · Neiva, Colombia · February 12, 1978

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
February 12, 1978
Place
Neiva, Colombia · NEIVA, Colombia
Injuries
5 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N888MAMitsubishi MU2
Status
Completed
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
142861

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0014  78/2/12  NR.NEIVA,COLUMBIA     MITSUBISHI MU2      CR-  2  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N888MA              PX-  3  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft

Registration
N888MA
Reported as
Mitsubishi MU2
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.