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| Date: | Saturday 23 February 1980 |
| Time: | 11:18 |
| Type: | Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 Solitaire |
| Owner/operator: | Proform, Inc |
| Registration: | N962MA |
| MSN: | 401SA |
| Year of manufacture: | 1979 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near New Orleans, LA -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Destination airport: | NEW |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Crashed into water 400yds left of izer, below glideslope
into Lake Pontchartrain while on approach to New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW) in fog, reg finally canx 23.05.13
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | FTW80FA048 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
NTSB
AL 161
USCAR
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 02-Feb-2014 20:11 |
wf |
Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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