35.0456° N, 85.3097° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Chattanooga, TN, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 17, 1978 · 16:12 local
Place
Chattanooga, TN
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N877Q
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU2/
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,000 total2,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Unable to lower landing gear due to frozen slush in wheel well area.
As the FAA filed it
UNABLE TO LOWER LANDING GEAR DUE TO FROZEN SLUSH IN WHEEL WELL AREA.