# Incident 20030528019619I: Mtsbsi MU2B60, Detroit, MI, May 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2003, 02:40 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ESMA
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N755AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N755AF-2005-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B60
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 430 in this make and model, 152 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528019619I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 28, 2003 A MITSUBISHI, MU-2B OWNED AND OPERATED BY EPPS AIR SERVICE, WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND DETROIT CITY AIRPORT, ON RUNWAY 15 DURING RAPIDLY CHANGING CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES DURING HEAVY FOG. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE FIRST TIME HE EXECUTED A GO AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT WHEN THE PILOT BROKE OUT OF THE FOG THE AIRCRAFT WAS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, AND LANDED WITHOUT MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WING LEADING EDGE, AND THE LANDING GEAR DOOR.

## Other reports on N755AF (1)

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

- [Accident 20040514021129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040514021129A), May 14, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B60 (N755AF), Baltimore, MD, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The MU-2B-60 was arriving from the east on a heading of approx. 280 degrees cleared for a visual approach to runway 33R. Radar data show the flight path…

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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