# Accident 20050311004119A: Mtsbsi MU2B26A, Blythe, CA, March 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2005, 15:36 local time
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Airport: Blythe Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKKA
- Location: 33.6189° N, 114.7169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6189&lon=-114.7169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333WF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333WF-2007-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (registry code 5780414, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B26A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 942 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050311004119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING AT BLYTHE, CA PILOT WAS ON FAR 135 REVENUE FLIGHT, LANDED GEAR UP. DURING THE APPROACH THE PILOT EXPERIENCED FLAP PROBLEMS AND WAS PERFORMING A NO FLAP LANDING. NO INJURIES TO PASSENGERS OR PILOT. MINOR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## 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 LAX05LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA178), Mar 12, 2005: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (N333WF), Blythe, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to lower the landing gear prior to landing. A factor to the accident was the pilot's diverted attention due to the flap system anomaly.

## Other reports on N333WF (1)

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

- [Incident 19961108038839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961108038839I), Nov 8, 1996: Mtsbsi MU2B26A (N333WF), San Diego, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on November 7, 1996, at 1246 PST, jack jaax, pilot in command of N333WB, a mitsubishi MU-2B-26A airplane, was forced to land at an alternate field…

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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