# Incident 19960520017659I: Mtsbsi MU2B25, Tyndall, FL, May 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1996, 09:15 local time
- Place: Tyndall, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N724FN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N724FN-1997-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (registry code 5780409, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B25
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,400 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960520017659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THIS OPERATION IS A CONTRACT OPERATION TO THE UNITED STATES AIRFORCE. PILOT WAS RETURNING TO TYNDALL AFB AFTER COMPLETING A CONTRACT MISSION. DURING THE RECOVERY TO TYNDALL, PILOT WAS DISTRACTED FROM THE CHECKLIST DUE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION AROUND THE AIRPORT. PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 13L IN A LANDING CONFIGURATION AND HAD TO ABORT LANDING DUE TO TRAFFIC. PILOT RETRACTED LANDING GEAR AND CIRCLED FOR ANOTHER APPROACH TO LANDING. PILOT FAILED TO RE-LOWER LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN RESULTING IN A GEAR-UP LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS 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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