Nitsubishi MU-2B N109TW
22 November 1981 · Pago Pago, Samoa · Fatal
Summary
On 22 November 1981 at about 15:46 local time, a Nitsubishi MU-2B registered N109TW, operated by Dick Sawyer, was involved in an accident during in flight near Pago Pago, Samoa. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Pago Pago, Samoa
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Nitsubishi MU-2B
- Registration
- N109TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Dick Sawyer
- Operating rule
- Other
- Purpose of flight
- Ferry
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Honolulu, Hi → Pago Pago, Am Samoa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3415
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 STTD UN TRANS FUEL FM TIP TKS TO MAINS.SANK.MISC-FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov 1979 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Tau, Samoa | South Pacific | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Dec 1978 | Cessna A188B | PAG0 PAG0, Samoa | Transair Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 1978 | Cessna 402 | Upola, Samoa | South Pacific | Fatal | 10 |
| 30 Jan 1974 | Boeing 707 | Pago Pago, Samoa | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 96 |
| 5 Jan 1970 | De Havilland DHC-6 | Tau Island, Samoa | Air Capitol In | No injuries | - |