# NTSB MKC83IA063: Mitsubishi MU-2B-36, N709US, Salina, KS, February 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 4, 1983, 21:15 local (Feb 5, 1983, 03:15 UTC)
- Place: Salina, KS
- Coordinates: 38.809364, -97.610626 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8094&lon=-97.6106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33365
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83IA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33365/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA063

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - foreign substance covered (contributing factor)
  - notams - disregarded, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight advisories - inadequate, atc personnel(fss) (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N709US-1984-10-29), registration cancelled 1984-10-29, S/N 672 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MITSUBISHI MU-2B-36
- Registry model: [Mitsubishi MU-2B-36](https://openairdocs.org/model/mitsubishi-mu-2b-36) (registry code 5780412) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 672
- Airframe hours: 2964
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830204030709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830204030709I), Feb 4, 1983: Mtsbsi MU2B36, Salina, KS, Minor damage. Landed in 18 inch deep snow on a portion of closed runway. Collapsed nose gear. Given NOTAM at weather briefing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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