Mitsubishi MU-2B N549LK

13 October 1970 · Northfield, Ohio, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 13 October 1970 at about 16:20 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B registered N549LK, operated by LBK Investment, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Northfield, Ohio, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 October 1970 at 16:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Northfield, Ohio, United States
Nearest airport: Northfield
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2B
Registration: N549LK
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: LBK Investment
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Cleveland, Ohio
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2926

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	1	1	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ALL RWYS MUDDY.BEGAN T/O ROLL 690 FT SHORT OF DEP END DUE MUD.92 FT TREES ABOUT 60 FT FROM RWY END

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2926, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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