- Date
- June 9, 1984, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sugarland, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N850MAMitsubishi MU-2N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840609023479A
- Case key
- 21363
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The short flight from hobby to hull airport was conducted in VFR conditions. A visual approach was made to runway 17 at hull airport. The pilot reported that he was high on the approach path when he turned to the final approach heading. He reduced power to descend to the proper glide path. Then noticed that his rate of descent of about 900 fpm. Power was added to check the descent rate. When the flaps were lowered from 20 degrees to 40 degrees, on short final, the descent rate again increased and again pwr was added and the nose raised to slow the descent rate. The a/c touched down about 75 ft short of the runway. The a/c landing gear was damaged by the railroad ties on the bank of a canal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N850MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 690
- Airframe hours
- 2,058
- Engine
- Airesearch PTE-331-5252M, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. J. & M. J. Saragusa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 15, 1984
- Departed
- HOU · Houston, TX
- Destination
- SGR · Sugarland, TX
- Airport
- SGR · Hull Field, runway 17, 4,540 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 654 total · 19 in this make and model · 597 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.