Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond crash, Mar 12, 1997, Houston-Su...
Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond accident on March 12, 1997 near Houston-Sugar Land, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot attributed the...
- Date: March 12, 1997
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond
- Location: Houston-Sugar Land, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot attributed the overrun to tire hydroplaning and loss of braking on the wet runway; the NTSB did not investigate.
A Diamond Jet Mitsubishi MU-300 landed on wet runway 35 at Houston-Sugar Land and found no usable braking. It overran into a ditch. Both occupants escaped uninjured, but the aircraft was written off.