# Incident 19980819031209I: Mtsbsi MU300, Southbend, IN, August 19, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Southbend, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6834° N, 86.2500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Bend, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6834&lon=-86.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N160H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N160H-2005-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-300 (registry code 5780602, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU300
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980819031209I

## Narrative

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

WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT, THE PILOT STATED HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SHUDDER. NO ABNORMAL OPERATIONS OR INDICATIONS WERE OBSERVED, THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT SBN AS A PRECAUTION. ON HIS BASE TURN, HE NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE ITT GAGE FLUCTUATING AND FINALLY STOP INDICATING. AFTER LANDING, THE CREW OBSERVED THE UPPER AND LOWER CENTER SECTION OF LH ENGINE COWLING MISSING.

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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