# Incident 19901220064029I: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Portland, OR, December 20, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1990, 05:30 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland International
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5887° N, 122.5969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL (PDX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5887&lon=-122.5969&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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901220064029I

## Narrative

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

SMOKE FROM OVERHEAD BINS ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. AIR CYCLE  MACHINE HAD NO OIL.

## Other reports on N573MA (1)

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

- [Incident 19780103000739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780103000739I), Jan 3, 1978: Mtsbsi MU2B20 (N573MA), Amarillo, TX. Gear would not go up or down after takeoff. Found ice accumulation on gear preventing retraction.

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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