# Accident 20011130032409A: Mtsbsi MU2B40, St Paul, MN, November 30, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 2001, 09:28 local time
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Downtown Holman Fld
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9307° N, 93.0793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9307&lon=-93.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9052Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B40
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011130032409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 14 AT KSTP THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE FUSELAGE LOWER NOSE TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY 2500 FT. (ROLLING ON BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR, SKIDDING ON THE FUSELAGE LOWER NOSE). CONTACT MARKS AND SKID MARKS ON THE RUNWAY INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR THEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND THEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE SHOCK STRUT BROKE, (HYDRAULIC FLUID ON THE RUNWAY). (.19) ON NOVEMBER 30, 2001, ABOUT 0928 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU-2-40, N9052Y, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE ON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN DURING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 14 AT SAINT PAUL DOWNTOWN HOLMAN FIELD AIRPORT (STP), NEAR SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA. THE 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS WERE UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN REGIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN, AT TIME UNKNOWN, AND WAS LANDING AT STP AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI02LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA044), Nov 30, 2001: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (N9052Y), St Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The autopilot's computer connections arcing and reported disconnection during the localizer approach and the pilot not performing a go around prior to the hard landing. A factor was the pilots lack…

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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