# Incident 20210724011759I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Sherrils Ford, NC, July 24, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2021, 16:09 local time
- Place: Sherrils Ford, NC
- Airport: Long Island Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6607° N, 80.9733° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND AIRPARK (NC26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6607&lon=-80.9733&mi=10
- Aircraft: N350RG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N350RG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 (registry code 5780460, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-60) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-60
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,211 total, 1,122 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210724011759I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/24/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 LOCAL TIME, MITSUBISHI MU-2B, REGISTRATION NUMBER N350RG, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 23.  THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT LONG ISLAND AIRPARK (NC26) AND THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR).  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS VFR.  PIC WAS CURRENT AND QUALIFIED AND THE WAS AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHY.

THE PIC STATED THAT HE PERFORMED ONE PASS TO ENSURE DEER WERE NOT ON THE RUNWAY AND THEN CAME AROUND FOR LANDING.  HE STATED THAT HE BECAME DISTRACTED WHEN THE TERRAIN WARNING SOUNDED AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE DID NOT NOTICE THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM. AIRMAN WAS COUNSELED ON REQUIREMENT TO USE THE AIRCRAFT CHECKLIST AND PROPER MANAGEMENT OF DISTRACTIONS.

RELATED AR RECORDS: INCIDENT 1702 - EA68202102935, COUNSELING 1750 - EA68202103055

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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