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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mtsbsi MU2B26A · Punta Gorda, FL · September 15, 1996

Date: September 15, 1996 · 11:15 local
Place: Punta Gorda, FL
Airport: Charlotte County
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N33RK
Reported as: Mtsbsi MU2B26A
Reported engine: Garrett TPE3315251K
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,000 total2,000 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on September 15, 1996, d. melvyn j. katzen was pilot in command of N33RK during the final approach segment of his landing at Punta Gorda he transmitted his need and intention of maneuvering for spacing due to traffic. On landing the aircraft suffered a landing gear failure. Inspection of the gear assemblies (rt. Main and nose gear) reveal clean bright fractures consistent with overload failures. The signatures on the runway indicate that the aircraft had a high rate of descent with insufficient speed to flair thus impacting firmly. Closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1996, D. MELVYN J. KATZEN WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N33RK DURING THE FINAL APPROACH SEGMENT OF HIS LANDING AT PUNTA GORDA HE TRANSMITTED HIS NEED AND INTENTION OF MANEUVERING FOR SPACING DUE TO TRAFFIC. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED A LANDING GEAR FAILURE. INSPECTION OF THE GEAR ASSEMBLIES (RT. MAIN AND NOSE GEAR) REVEAL CLEAN BRIGHT FRACTURES CONSISTENT WITH OVERLOAD FAILURES. THE SIGNATURES ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT WITH INSUFFICIENT SPEED TO FLAIR THUS IMPACTING FIRMLY. CLOSED.