- Date
- February 4, 1983, 21:15 local (Feb 5, 1983, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, KS
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N709USMitsubishi MU-2B-36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830204030709I
- Case key
- 33365
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Analysis
The acft was on a flt from pitsburg, pa to Salina, KS with an en route stop at st louis, MO. During a briefing at pitsburg, the plt was advised of a NOTAM that the north 6800 ft of rwy 17/35 was closed, rwy lights obscured, 10 ft snowbanks. He did not get a briefing during the stop-over at st louis. During an instrument approach to Salina, he contacted the fss and requested an arpt advisory. An advisory was given, but it did not include the NOTAM concerning the closed portion of rwy 17/35. After breaking out of the overcast, he canceled his IFR flt plan so that another plt could begin his descent. The plt stated that he made a night approach to rwy 17 using the VASI and approach lights. During the landing, the acft touched down on the closed portion of the rwy in aprx 18 inches of snow. When the nose was lowered, the nose gear failed, but the damage was considered to be minor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N709US
- Reported as
- Mitsubishi MU-2B-36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 672
- Airframe hours
- 2,964
- Engine
- Airesearch TPE331-625M, 776 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- The Poise Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 16, 1982 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SLN · Salina Muni., runway 17, 13,332 × 300 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 310 in this make and model · 7,340 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.