Mitsubishi MU-300 N900WJ

Summary

On 27 January 2000 at about 16:15 local time, a Mitsubishi MU-300 registered N900WJ was involved in an accident near Dallas, Texas, United States. 6 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

27 January 2000 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Dallas, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL)

Coordinates

32.8500, -96.8303

Aircraft

Mitsubishi MU-300

Registration

N900WJ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Austin → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW00LA084

Nobody was injured.

The diminished effectiveness of the anti-skid brake system due to the slush contaminated runway. Factors were the freezing rain encountered during the approach, coupled with a failure of the horizontal stabilizer heat.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

Freezing rain, mist, and ice pellets were forecast for the destination airport with temperatures 34 to 32 degrees F. During the daylight IMC descent and vectors for the approach, the airplane began to accumulate moderate clear ice, and a master warning light illumination in the cockpit indicated that the horizontal stabilizer heat had failed. The airplane was configured at 120 knots and 10 degrees flaps in accordance with the flight manual abnormal procedures checklist; however, the crew did not activate the horizontal stabilizer deice backup system. The aircraft touched down 1,500 ft down the runway, which was contaminated with slush, and did not have any braking action or antiskid for 3,000 ft on the 7,753-ft runway. Therefore, 3,253 ft of runway remained for stopping the aircraft, which was 192 feet short of the 3,445 ft required for a dry runway landing. Upon observing a down hill embankment and support poles beyond the runway, the captain forced the airplane to depart the right side of the runway to avoid the poles. After the airplane started down the embankment, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane came to a stop.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.