# Incident 20160112000659I: Mitsubishi MU-300, Little Rock, AR, January 12, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2016, 09:40 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HBKA
- Location: 34.7294° N, 92.2247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7294&lon=-92.2247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200LP-2024-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-300 (registry code 5780602, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA JT15D-4
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,286 total, 720 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16IA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16IA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160112000659I

## Narrative

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

ON 01/12/2016 N200LP WAS TAKING OFF FROM LIT LOCATED IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY AN ATP RATED PILOT WITH A VALID 1ST CLASS MEDICAL AND A SIC WITH ATP AND 2ND CLASS MEDICAL.   THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DEPARTURE ROLL AT APPROXIMATELY 40 KNOTS THERE WAS A BANG FOLLOWED BY VIBRATION, TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED, ENGINE WAS IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN AND PASSENGERS EVACUATED.  AN ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION DETERMINED A FUEL MAT HAD BEEN INGESTED INTO THE ENGINE.  ENGINE WAS DESTROYED, NO INJURIES TO FLIGHT CREW OR PASSENGERS.

## 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 CEN16IA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16IA091), Jan 12, 2016: Mitsubishi MU 300 (N200LP), Little Rock, AR, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight crew's inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane, during which they failed to see a fueling mat that had been placed on the inboard trailing edge of the right wing, which the right…

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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