Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise crash, Feb 23, 1980 (7 killed)
Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise accident on February 23, 1980 near New Orleans-Lakefront, Louisiana, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: Controlled...
- Date: February 23, 1980
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-2 Marquise
- Location: New Orleans-Lakefront, Louisiana, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled collision with water on final approach due to improper IFR operation. Contributing factors: low ceiling, fog, visibility of one quarter mile or less, and weather below minimums.
Proform's Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 Solitaire N962MA, flying from Chicago to New Orleans with one crew and six passengers, struck Lake Pontchartrain while on approach to New Orleans Lakefront Airport in fog and low ceiling. All seven occupants were killed. The NTSB investigated under report FTW80FA048.