# Incident 19960228003139I: Mtsbsi MU2B25, Ft Lauderdale, FL, February 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1996, 18:55 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11SJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11SJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (registry code 5780409, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B25
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960228003139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FLAPS TO 40 DEGREES, AND THE THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE WAS LOWERED AND COLLAPSED AFTER A FEW SECONDS. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND DOOR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE DOWN LOCK BROKE AND WOULD SUBMIT AN M AND D REPORT. NO VIOLATION OF FAR SUBSTANTIATED. THIS INCIDENT AND REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N11SJ (1)

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

- [Incident 19780629034369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780629034369I), Jun 29, 1978: Mtsbsi MU2/ (N11SJ), Ebensburg, PA, Minor damage. One main tire and both main gear torque links were broken when the aircraft landed 3 feet short of the runway.

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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