# Incident 20041002025869I: Mtsbsi MU2B40, Indianapolis, IN, October 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Greenwood Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68CL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68CL) (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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,140 total, 68 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002025869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 2, 2004 AIRCRAFT N68CL, A MU-2B-40, OPERATING AS A PART 91 TRAINING FLIGHT ENTERED THE GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL (HFY) AIRPORT WITH THE INTENT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 01. AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND CLOSED UPON ENTERING HFY TRAFFIC PATTERN AND CALLING AIRFIELD IN SIGHT. WHILE ON DESCENT, A DECISION WAS MADE TO EXECUTE A GO-AROUND DUE TO LOCAL TRAFFIC ON RUNWAY. LANDING GEAR WERE RETRACTED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT REENTERED THE HFY TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AURAL WARNING ALERTED THE PILOT TO THE IMPROPER GEAR CONFIGURATION. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT THOUGHT THIS WARNING WAS A STALL WARNING AND CONTINUED HIS LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PROCEEDED TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND RIGHT ENGINE AND PROPELLER TIPS. OPERATIONS INSPECTOR MARY J. BALLARD INTERVIEWED MR. KATZ AND DETERMINED THE NORMAL TAKEOFF SEQUENCE WAS DISRUPTED BY THE ONBOARD FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DISTRACTING MR. KATZ ON HIS LANDING CHECKLIST.

## Other reports on N68CL (2)

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

- [Incident 20100221028679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100221028679I), Feb 21, 2010: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (N68CL), Zionsville, IN, Minor damage. On February 21, 2010 at approximately 1230, aircraft N68CL impacted a snow bank at the approach end of runway 36 at Indianapolis Executive Airport. Upon impact…
- [Incident 19871110072759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871110072759I), Nov 10, 1987: Mtsbsi MU2B40 (N68CL), Clarksburg, WV, Minor damage. Both engines flamed out during takeoff roll on slush covered runway. Aborted takeoff. Intakes were snow packed.

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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