Mitsubishi MU-2 N866Q

31 January 1973 · Detroit, Michigan, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 January 1973 at about 13:55 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2 registered N866Q, operated by Great Lakes AI, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Detroit, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 January 1973 at 13:55
Classification: Accident
Location: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Nearest airport: Detroit City
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2
Registration: N866Q
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Great Lakes AI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Charter Cargo-Domestic
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Chicago, Ill → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0185

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	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

WIND GUSTING TO 28KTS.LANDED RWY 15, RWY 07 AVAIL

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 3-0185, 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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