# Incident 19831108070519I: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Newport News, VA, November 8, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1983, 14:08 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Patrick Henry Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9788° N, 76.4280° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport News, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9788&lon=-76.4280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N703DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N703DM-2008-10-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831108070519I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN TOUCHED RUNWAY. RIGHT FORWARD STRUT FAILED AT HOOK SHAPED REAR POSITION, OVERRODE DOWNLOCK

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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