Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 N709US

Summary

On 5 February 1983 at about 03:15 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-36 registered N709US was involved in an incident near Salina, Kansas, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 February 1983 at 03:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Salina, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Salina Muni. (SLN)

Coordinates

38.8094, -97.6106

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-2B-36

Registration

N709US

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Louis → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

MKC83IA063

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT WAS ON A FLT FROM PITSBURG, PA TO SALINA, KS WITH AN EN ROUTE STOP AT ST LOUIS, MO. DURING A BRIEFING AT PITSBURG, THE PLT WAS ADVISED OF A NOTAM THAT THE NORTH 6800 FT OF RWY 17/35 WAS CLOSED, RWY LIGHTS OBSCURED, 10 FT SNOWBANKS. HE DID NOT GET A BRIEFING DURING THE STOP-OVER AT ST LOUIS. DURING AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH TO SALINA, HE CONTACTED THE FSS AND REQUESTED AN ARPT ADVISORY. AN ADVISORY WAS GIVEN, BUT IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE NOTAM CONCERNING THE CLOSED PORTION OF RWY 17/35. AFTER BREAKING OUT OF THE OVERCAST, HE CANCELED HIS IFR FLT PLAN SO THAT ANOTHER PLT COULD BEGIN HIS DESCENT. THE PLT STATED THAT HE MADE A NIGHT APPROACH TO RWY 17 USING THE VASI AND APPROACH LIGHTS. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE CLOSED PORTION OF THE RWY IN APRX 18 INCHES OF SNOW. WHEN THE NOSE WAS LOWERED, THE NOSE GEAR FAILED, BUT THE DAMAGE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.