# Incident 20240617011279I: Mitsubishi MU-2B-60, Lantana, FL, June 17, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2024, 08:15 local time
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Airport: Lantana
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5834° N, 80.0554° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lantana, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5834&lon=-80.0554&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8RW-2025-08-09) (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
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 27,830 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240617011279I

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 17TH, I PLANNED A FLIGHT FROM KLNA TO KPNS IN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^A MU-2B-

60 SERIAL # 1548. PLANNED DEPARTURE TIME WAS 8:15 AM WITH 2 PASSENGERS. THE PLANE

WAS PRE-FUELED TWO DAYS PRIOR TO 2500 LBS, 200 LBS. SHY OF IT MAXIMUM OF 2700 LBS. I

ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT AT 6:45 AND PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION WHICH SHOWED NOTHING

OUT OF THE NORMAL. THE ZFW WAS 8,542 LBS. (MAX 9,920). RAMP WAS 11,042 (MAX

11,625). PLANNED TOW WAS 10,992 (MAX 11,575)

I RECEIVED MY IFR CLEARANCE BY PHONE AND WOULD PICK UP THE RELEASE WHEN READY AT THE

RUNWAY IN USE, WHICH WAS RWY 10 BASED ON THE SURFACE WINDS (070 AT 8 KTS). WHEN MY

PASSENGERS ARRIVED WE BOARDED THE AIRPLANE AND I STARTED THE ENGINES. ONCE THE

PROPELLERS WERE TAKEN OFF THE LOCKS, I BEGAN TO TAXI. WE MOVED ABOUT 10 FEET WHEN I

STARTED A SHALLOW RIGHT TURN TO JOIN THE TAXI WAY. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE TURN BEGAN

I FELT THE AIRCRAFT LEAN TO THE RIGHT IN WHAT SEEMED TO BE IN TWO STAGES. THE FIRST, THE RIGHT

WING DIPPED DOWN AND THE SECOND, IT DIPPED EVEN FURTHER WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SEEMED TO

PIVOT A LITTLE TO THE RIGHT. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES USING THE EMERG STOP

POSITION OF THE CONDITION LEVERS, SHUT OFF ALL ELECTRICS AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT. THE FBO

MANAGER SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND CALLED CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE.

ONCE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS OBVIOUS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT

PROP HAD STRUCK THE TARMAC. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF FUEL LEAKAGE SO I APPROACHED THE

AIRCRAFT FOR PICTURES, I WILL SEND SOME IN ANOTHER EMAIL.

INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER, CRASH/FIRE/RESCUE THE FAA AND THE

INSURANCE COMPANY BEFORE A PLAN WAS FORMULATED TO PUSH THE AIRCRAFT AWAY FROM THE

TAXIWAY. THERE WERE NOT INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE LNA INFRASTRUCTURE.

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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