# Incident 19780103000739I: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Amarillo, TX, January 3, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1978, 19:10 local time
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: International
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N573MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N573MA-2012-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780103000739I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

GEAR WOULD NOT GO UP OR DOWN AFTER TAKEOFF. FOUND ICE ACCUMULATION ON GEAR PREVENTING RETRACTION.

## Other reports on N573MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19901220064029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901220064029I), Dec 20, 1990: Mtsbsi MU2B20 (N573MA), Portland, OR. Smoke from overhead bins on climbout. Returned. Air cycle machine had no oil.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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