- Date
- May 28, 2002, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Belleville, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54CKMitsubishi MU2B-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA-Detroit, Michigan-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20020528021499A
- Case key
- 54800
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to verify the extension of the landing gear prior to landing, and his failure to perform the emergency landing gear extension procedure. The popped circuit breaker was a factor.
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.
Analysis
The airplane was substantially damaged when the landing gear collapsed during landing. The pilot stated, "Prior to landing, landing gear was selected down. Circuit breaker for landing gear motor had popped. Gear was not completely down and locked. Landing was completed." During the landing, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on its nose. Subsequent to the accident, the landing gear system was inspected. No anomalies were found with respect to the landing gear system, or the landing gear unsafe warning system.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 2002, about 1415 eastern daylight time, a Mitsubishi MU2B-20, N54CK, piloted by an airline transport pilot, sustained substantial damage when the landing gear collapsed during landing on runway 23L (7,526 feet by 150 feet, dry ashpalt) at Willow Run Airport (YIP), Belleville, Michigan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot, the sole occupant, reported no injuries. The flight originated from Oscoda, Michigan, at 1325.
The pilot stated, "Prior to landing, landing gear was selected down. Circuit breaker for landing gear motor had popped. Gear was not completely down and locked. Landing was completed." During the landing, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on its nose.
Subsequent to the accident, the landing gear system was inspected. No anomalies were found with respect to the landing gear system, or the landing gear unsafe warning system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54CK
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU2B-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 135
- Airframe hours
- 8,969.3
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE 331-151A, 665 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Kalitta Air
- Registered owner
- Michigan Air Freight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 10, 2000 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- OSC · Oscoda, MI
- Destination
- YIP · Belleville, MI
- Airport
- YIP · Willow Run, runway 23, 7,526 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- March 3, 2002
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.09 inHg
- Observed at
- KYIP
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 22, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 273 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.