ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10136
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1975 |
| Time: | 17:10 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 |
| Owner/operator: | Orion SA Mexico |
| Registration: | XB-LIJ |
| MSN: | 259 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Beloit, Kansas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, Laredo, Texas (LRD/KLRD) |
| San Angelo Regional Airport, San Angelo, Texas (SJT/KSJT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) September 30 1975 when crashed near Beloit, Kansas: aircraft crashed 500 nautical miles beyond planned destination of San Angelo, Texas. Aircraft was operating on a ferry/positioning flight Monterrey (Mexico)-Laredo-San Angelo. The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. Probable cause of crashed was pilot error and pilot incapacitation due to alcohol: the NTSB report notes that the pilots "Blood alcohol level 195 mg %". Hypoxia (oxygen starvation) may have also afflicted the pilot. Aircraft caught fire after impact, and was burnt out.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MKC75AK023 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=51228&key=0
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1975/archives/crash-of-a-mitsubishi-mu-2-marquise-in-kansas-1-killed/]
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ks/XBLIJ/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2017 20:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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