- Date
- January 31, 1973
- Place
- Detroit, MI · DETROIT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N866QMitsubishi MU-2
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730131001619A
- Case key
- 169474
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0185 73/1/31 DETROIT,MICH MITSUBISHI MU-2 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1355 N866Q PX- 0 0 1 CTR CARGO-D AGE 25, 2305 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DETROIT CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTING TO 28KTS.LANDED RWY 15,RWY 07 AVAIL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N866Q
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Detroit City
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N866Q · 1
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