19890514019139I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M-20G · Nashville, TN · May 14, 1989

Date
May 14, 1989 · 17:25 local
Place
Nashville, TN
Airport
Nashville Metropolitan
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3938N
Reported as
Mooney M20G
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
170 total40 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Manually operated gear handle broke off on retraction. Unable to lock gear down. Landed on partial extended gear.

As the FAA filed it

MANUALLY OPERATED GEAR HANDLE BROKE OFF ON RETRACTION. UNABLE TO LOCK GEAR DOWN. LANDED ON PARTIAL EXTENDED GEAR.

Other reports on N3938N · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.