# Incident 20020121006689I: Mtsbsi MU2B40, Youngstown, OH, January 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2002, 15:09 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Youngstown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5LC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5LC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (registry code 5780440, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B40
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020121006689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER DEPARTURE, PILOT COULD NOT GET THE GEAR UNSAFE (RED LIGHT) TO GO OUT DURING RETRACTION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR BUT DID NOT GET AN INDICATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOCKED IN PLACE. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOCK THE GEAR DOWN USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURE, BUT THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION LEVER WOULD NOT RATCHET THE NOSE GEAR DOWN. A LOW APPROACH WAS MADE PAST THE CONTROL TOWER AND THE PILOT WAS INFORMED THE LANDING LOOKED NORMAL. ON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MAINTENANCE FOUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTING MECHANISM-ACTUATOR WAS DAMAGED, POSSIBLY FROM FAILURE.

## Other reports on N5LC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260815009929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260815009929A), Aug 15, 2026: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (N5LC), Muskegon, MI, Substantial damage. On August 15, 2026, at approximately 1359 EDT, a Mitsubishi MU-2 solitaire aircraft, registered as [privacy data omitted], experienced gear-up landing at…

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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