Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond crash, Feb 10, 2002, Cleveland-...
Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond accident on February 10, 2002 near Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The NTSB...
- Date: February 10, 2002
- Aircraft: Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond
- Location: Cleveland-Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The NTSB attributed the accident to the pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point and the pilot-in-command's failure to initiate a go-around. Tailwind and the snow-covered runway were contributing factors.
A Flight Options Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond on a positioning flight from Chicago landed at Cleveland at night in snow and gusty winds. The runway was covered with a thin layer of snow and braking was reported as poor. The jet touched down well down the runway, could not stop in time, ran off the end and its nose gear collapsed in the overrun area. No one was hurt, but the aircraft was substantially damaged.