# Incident 20100221028679I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, Zionsville, IN, February 21, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0286° N, 86.2514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIANAPOLIS EXEC (TYQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0286&lon=-86.2514&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: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-40
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100221028679I

## Narrative

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

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 WITH THE SNOWBANK, A CENTERING LINK ON LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BROKE ALLOWING THE LEFT TIRE ASSEMBLY TO ROTATE AFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT. GROUND PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AXLE ASSEMBLY AND PHYSICALLY LOCK THE TIRE ASSEMBLY IN A NORMAL CONFIGURATION ALLOWING GROUND PERSONNEL TO TOW THE AIRCRAFT TO THE HANGAR. THE PILOT DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE FAA. AN INSPECTOR WITH THE FAA WAS AT THE AIRPORT 0N 02/26/2010 CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES UNRELATED TO THIS EVENT AND WAS INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT, INITIATING AN INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N68CL (2)

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

- [Incident 20041002025869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041002025869I), Oct 2, 2004: Mtsbsi MU2B40 (N68CL), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-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…
- [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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