# Incident 20120714013979I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A, Key West, FL, July 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2012, 14:30 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333RK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333RK-2015-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (registry code 5780414, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-26a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-6-251M (registry code 01521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-6-251m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-26A
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-6-251M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120714013979I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/14/12 N333RK MU2/U LANDED ON RUNWAY 09 AT EYW.  UPON LANDING ROLLOUT WENT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY INTO THE GRAVEL AREA.  PILOT AND 3 PAX NOT INJURIED AND NO DAMAGE TO A/C UPON INITIAL INSPECTION.  PILOT REPORTED DROP IN NOSE AND CONTROL WAS MINIMAL.  UPON DISASSEMBLY OF NOSE GEAR, AND INSPECTION BY A&P MECHANIC, BROKEN RIGHT HAND TRUNION PIVOT PIN WHICH WAS IMPROPERLY DRILLED HAD FAILED AND APPEARS TO HAVE CAUSED THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N333RK (1)

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

- [Incident 20150823014919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150823014919I), Aug 23, 2015: Mitsubishi MU-2B-26A (N333RK), Marathon, FL, Minor damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 07, nose gear collapsed on touchdown.

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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