ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10120
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| Date: | Monday 18 June 1979 |
| Time: | 18:31 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 |
| Owner/operator: | The Turbine Group |
| Registration: | N222LR |
| MSN: | 239 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1972 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lakefront Airport, 4nm NE of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Huntsville International Airport, Decatur. Alabama (HSV/KHSV) |
| Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, Lousiana (NEW/KNEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Sustained substantial damage on June 18 1979 when a rotating propeller blade struck and killed one of the two passengers leaving the aircraft whilst the aircraft was static at Lakefront Airport, 4 nautical miles North East of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The pilot and the other passenger were not injured.
According to the official NTSB report into the accident: "alcoholic impairment to efficiency and judgement of the pilot caused the accident: pilots urine alcohol 235 m/g percent"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW79DA088
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=222LR
3. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=mu2&af=177
4. http://rzjets.net/aircraft/?page=4&typeid=247
5. http://planecrashmap.com/list/la/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Mar-2016 01:58 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2016 17:54 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport] |
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