Mitsubishi MU2 N312MA

25 May 1979 · Sacramento, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 May 1979 at about 15:15 local time, a Mitsubishi MU2 registered N312MA, operated by Setzer Forest, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sacramento, California, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 May 1979 at 15:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Sacramento, California, United States
Nearest airport: Sacramento Exec
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU2
Registration: N312MA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Setzer Forest
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Carson City, Nv → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0947

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

PLT STATED ACFT PROB HIT 7IN HOLE DURING PRIOR LNDG.

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 3-0947, 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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