ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178648
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 2004 |
| Time: | 13:24 |
| Type: |  Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N77DK |
| MSN: | 449 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2509 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waukegan Regional Airport (UGN), Waukegan, Illinois -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pontiac, MI (PTK) |
| Waukegan, IL (UGN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was substantially damaged during a hard landing, which subsequently collapsed the nose landing gear and wrinkled the fuselage. The pilot stated that the approach was "fairly" stabilized, however, he noted he was late getting set-up for landing. He did not recall how many green landing gear extension lights he observed prior to landing. The pilot reported that when the main landing gear touched down on landing the nose of the aircraft "immediately dropped to the runway." He reported that the aircraft came to rest headed straight down the runway, approximately on the centerline. The post-accident examination determined that the nose landing gear was in a retracted position in the wheel well. The remaining sections of the nose landing gear doors were wedged behind the landing gear strut. The lower, outboard section of the fuselage was wrinkled from the nose landing gear to a point approximately even with the windshield. The aircraft manufacturer stated that the nose landing gear doors are mechanically actuated.
Probable Cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing factors were the subsequent overload and collapse of the nose landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040707X00921&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2015 17:09 | Noro | Added |
| 08-Dec-2016 17:40 | wf | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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