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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Lancaster, PA · September 15, 1991

Date
September 15, 1991 · 12:00 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Lancaster
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N5752E
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
999 total48 in this make and model71 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.

Unable to retract gear on climb. Extended gear and landed. Gear actuator was jammed due to clutch spring failure.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO RETRACT GEAR ON CLIMB. EXTENDED GEAR AND LANDED. GEAR ACTUATOR WAS JAMMED DUE TO CLUTCH SPRING FAILURE.