# Incident 20110117001619I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A, Maquoketa, IA, January 17, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2011, 16:20 local time
- Place: Maquoketa, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0605° N, 90.6639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maquoketa, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0605&lon=-90.6639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N893SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N893SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (registry code 5780414, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,238 total, 1,260 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110117001619I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING UNDER IFR FLIGHT RULES FROM CID TO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MAQUOKETA, IA (OQW). THEY WERE CLEARED FOR THE GPS 15 APPROACH BY CHICAGO CENTER. AND ACQUIRED THE AIRPORT AND RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT ABOUT 1.5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT AT THE MDA. THE PILOT STATED HE INTERCEPTED THE PAPI GLIDEPATH AND FLEW TO A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN. THEN, AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE OBSCURED FROM VISION BY WINDROWS OF SNOW, BETWEEN THE RUNWAY EDGES AND THE RUNWAY LIGHTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RUNWAY. BECAUSE OF THE SNOW COVER AND THE LIGHT FALLING SNOW, THE PILOT LOST VISUAL CUES, EXCEPT THE RUNWAY END LIGHTS, WHICH WERE ALSO PARTIALLY OBSCURED. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED A TWO FOOT TALL SNOW WINDROW ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE TEN TO FIFTEEN FEET FROM THE RUNWAY EDGE. THIS SLEWED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT AND OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70 DEGREES FROM THE RUNWAY HEADING AND THE MAIN GEAR ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE PLOWED SURFACE.

## Other reports on N893SC (1)

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

- [Incident 20140328004669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140328004669I), Mar 28, 2014: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (N893SC), Cedar Rapids, IA, Minor damage. The pilot extended the landing gear for landing and observed the gear unsafe light. After troubleshooting several items, he proceeded with the emergency gear…

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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