# Incident 19960317012199I: Mtsbsi MU2B26, Aspen, CO, March 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1996, 14:30 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26 (registry code 5780408, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B26
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,960 total, 310 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960317012199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 17, 1996 AT 1430 HOURS, MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2B, N143JA, REGISTERED AND PILOTED BY MR. PERRY J. ARMSTRONG, LANDED AT ASPEN AIRPORT AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND INITIALLY BUT HAD TOO HIGH OF ATTITUDE. EXECUTED AN APPROVED 360 TURN FOR VOR APPROACH UPON APPROVAL BY ASPEN TOWER. THE APPROACH SEEMED NORMAL UNTIL AT A POINT ABOUT TEN FEET OVER THE RUNWAY. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WIND GUST WHOSE VELOCITY EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT BY WHICH THEIR AIRSPEED EXCEEDED STALL SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE GEAR TIRE WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE ATTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE COWLING. AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS INCIDENT. INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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