# Incident 19790409010479I: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Springfield, IL, April 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1979, 18:22 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200BR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200BR-1982-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,700 total, 1,800 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/19790409010479I

## Narrative

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

FITTING TO RIGHT SUPPORT FOR NOSE GEAR ACTUATING MECHANISM BROKE DURING RETRACTION. SHEAR PINS FOUND SHEARED

## Other reports on N200BR (1)

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

- [Accident 19791221040289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221040289A), Dec 21, 1979: Mtsbsi MU2B20 (N200BR), Provo, UT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Broke out over runway. Failed to key runway lights. Lost control on missed approach. Possible medical problem.

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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