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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2* · Midland, TX · December 11, 1980

Date: December 11, 1980 · 18:30 local
Place: Midland, TX
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N305CW
Reported as: Mtsbsi MU2*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,000 total300 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N305CWRegistration cancelled Dec 18, 2012 · Mitsubishi MU-2B-36S/N 667 · Built 1975 Airframe modelMitsubishi MU-2B-36 Engine modelAiResearch TPE331 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Pilot moved gear selector switch to down position but failed to visually check position.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MOVED GEAR SELECTOR SWITCH TO DOWN POSITION BUT FAILED TO VISUALLY CHECK POSITION.

Other reports on N305CW · 1

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

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