- Date
- August 18, 1982, 09:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- Camdenton, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N550MAMitsubishi MU-2B-20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820818039369A
- Case key
- 70113
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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.
Analysis
The pilot landed hard damaging the landing gear on a paved area short of the displaced threshold. Flaps were set at 20 degrees instead of 40 degrees. After initial landing, the aircraft swerved right and went off the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N550MA
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 169
- Airframe hours
- 4,087
- Engine
- Garrett TPE-331-1-151, 605 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bot Investment Co. Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bot Investment Co. Inc.
- Departed
- LBO · Lebanon, MO
- Destination
- Auburn, ME
- Airport
- H21 · Camdenton Memorial, runway 15, 3,435 × 40 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,820 total · 172 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.