# Incident 20081118851259I: Mtsbsi MU2B26, Pittsburgh, PA, November 18, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2008, 15:05 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N344KL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N344KL-2012-06-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (registry code 5780409, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MTSBSI MU2B26
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081118851259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT 48I RUNWAY HAD A THIN LAYER OF SNOW AND SLUSH.  HE PREFLIGHTED AND CLEANED THE AIRCRAFT OF SOME SNOW AND ICE THAT ACCUMULATED.  IT WAS A SHORT FLIGHT TO AFJ.  DURING APPROACH TO AFJ, THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR INDICATED UNSAFE.  HE DECIED TO PROCEED VFR TO AGC AND THEN AFTER TALKING TO AGC, DECIDED TO GO TO PIT FOR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT REASONS.  AT PIT, AC-130 CREW REPORTED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND DURING TAXI THE PILOT NOTICED STEERING AUTHORITY WAS INADEQUATE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY NEAR THE TAXI TURN OFF.  LOCAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL THEN SECURED THE GEAR IN DOWN POSITION AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N344KL (1)

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

- [Accident 20110928022269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110928022269A), Sep 28, 2011: Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 (N344KL), Kennesaw, GA, Substantial damage. On September 28, 2011 aircraft N344KL sustained damage while landing at cobb county- Mccollum Field due to the collapse of the nose gear. This office was…

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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