# Incident 19950202002719I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Nashville, TN, February 2, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1995, 17:45 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1727S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1727S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950202002719I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 2, 1995, A MU2B-60, N1727S DEPARTED SMYRNA, TN ON A RE-POSITIONING FLIGHT AFTER MAINTENANCE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED A 150 HOUR INSPECTION AND HAD BEEN RELEASED TO SERVICE. THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON TAKEOFF HE PULLED THE GEAR HANDLE UP TO RAISE THE LDG. GEAR. IMMEDIATELY AN UNSAFE LIGHT APPEARED, HE MADE RADIO CONTACT AND THE MECHANICS WERE NOTIFIED. THE PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO NO AVAIL. THE GEAR HANDLE WOULD NOT PUMP THE GEAR DOWN, IN FACT THE GEAR HANDLE WAS MOVED ONE PUMP AND THEN STOPPED. THE PILOT TRIED PUSHING THE BREAKER BACK IN AND RECYCLED THE GEAR, TO NO AVAIL. DARKNESS WAS SETTING IN AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN NASHVILLE, TN BEFORE DARK. HE LANDED ON CENTER LINE ON RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A HALT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES IN THE LANDING SYSTEM, THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND THE GEAR CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOOR WAS REPORTED SHUT UPON TOUCHDOWN, ALL OTHER GEAR DOORS WERE POPPED OPEN. AIRCRAFT FERRY BACK TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR.

## Other reports on N1727S (1)

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

- [Incident 19871005068359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871005068359I), Oct 5, 1987: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N1727S), Charleston, WV. Excessive smoke from engine during attempted restart while taxiing. Suspect wind up tail pipe a factor.

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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