# Incident 20240221002609I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40, Fort Lauderdale, FL, February 21, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2024, 22:00 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155WF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N155WF-2025-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 (registry code 5780440, https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TPE331-10 series (registry code 29118, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tpe331-10-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-40
- Reported engine: GARRETT TPE331-10 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,780 total, 231 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240221002609I

## Narrative

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

PART 91 MITSUBISHI MU2-40B, REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER 402 SA LANDED RUNWAY 27 WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 27 BETWEEN TAXIWAY GOLF AND RUNWAY 13/31. THE ONLY DEBRIS WAS A SMALL PANEL, AND SOME SHARDS OF GLASS AIRCRAFT LIGHT COVERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO FXE INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE WERE 2 SOULS AND 200 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR SECTION AND AFT OF NOSE SKIN IS GROUND OFF TO THE FUSELAGE RIB STRUCTURE.

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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