- Date
- December 14, 1982, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N522MAMitsubishi MU-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821214066979A
- Case key
- 70313
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Other gear collapsed
Gear extension - not performedCause
Wheels up landing - inadvertentCause
PressureFactor
Procedures/directives - not followedCause
Analysis
On landing a scraping sound was heard and a go-around was performed. While on downwind, for the second landing, the gear handle was observed in the gear-up position. The gear was lowered and an uneventful landing was made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N522MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 337
- Airframe hours
- 147
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE-331-6, 724 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Shoney'S, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Shoney'S, Inc.
- Departed
- C · Savannah, GA
- Destination
- AI · Cae, SC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CAE · Columbia Metro, runway 11, 7,551 × 15 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,116 total · 147 in this make and model · 294 as pilot in command · 187 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.