Mitsubishi MU2B N261WR

13 February 1974 · Elgin, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 13 February 1974 at about 05:40 local time, a Mitsubishi MU2B registered N261WR, operated by W R Meadows In, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Elgin, Illinois, United States. 4 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: 13 February 1974 at 05:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Elgin, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport: Elgin
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU2B
Registration: N261WR
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: W R Meadows In
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Atlanta, Ga
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-0277

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

INSTRUMENT TKOF ACFT STRUCK SNOWBANK L SIDE OF RWY.VIS RPTD AT TIME 1/16 MI.

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 3-0277, 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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27 Nov 1977	Mitsubishi MU2B N261WR	Elgin, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Commander Leas	No injuries	-
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