# Accident 20020528021499A: Mtsbsi MU2B20, Detroit, MI, May 28, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2002, 14:15 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Willow Run
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2005° N, 83.4793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2005&lon=-83.4793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54CK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-20 (registry code 5780407, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020528021499A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 28, 2002, AT 1415 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A MITSUBISHI MU2B-20, N54CK, PILOTED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 23L (7,526 FEET BY 150 FEET, DRY/ASHPALT) AT WILLOW RUN AIRPORT (YIP), BELLEVILLE, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE DEPARTURE POINT AND DEPARTURE TIME HAVE NOT BEEN DETERMINED. (-23) PILOT STATED HE PUT GEAR DOWN APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE FROM END OF RUNWAY 23L AT WILLOW RUN AIRPORT (YIP). HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED, DID NOT HEAR THE UNSAFE GEAR HORN AND DID NOT LOOK FOR THE GREEN SAFE LIGHTS SHOWING GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. A/C SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 800' AFTER TOUCHDOWN. WEATHER WAS DAY VFR.

## 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 CHI02LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA144), May 28, 2002: Mitsubishi MU2B-20 (N54CK), Belleville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify the extension of the landing gear prior to landing, and his failure to perform the emergency landing gear extension procedure. The popped circuit breaker was a factor.

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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