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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Santa Maria, CA · February 5, 1994

Date
February 5, 1994 · 16:33 local
Place
Santa Maria, CA
Airport
Santa Maria Public
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N201UT
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total300 in this make and model3 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.

Narrative: pilot departed smx on a short local flight. Upon returning to airport and putting the gear handle in the down position he did not get a green light. Pilot stated he thought he had an electrical problem. As he had had in the past. Since he thought he felt the gear extend and thought he had an electrical problem he did not bother to look at the mechanical indicator on the floor or perform the emergency gear extension and subsequently landed the aircraft with the gear retracted. Pilot was sole occupant of aircraft and has no medical or flight review. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED SMX ON A SHORT LOCAL FLIGHT. UPON RETURNING TO AIRPORT AND PUTTING THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT. PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.AS HE HAD HAD IN THE PAST. SINCE HE THOUGHT HE FELT THE GEAR EXTEND AND THOUGHT HE HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM HE DID NOT BOTHER TO LOOK AT THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR ON THE FLOOR OR PERFORM THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AND SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. PILOT WAS SOLE OCCUPANT OF AIRCRAFT AND HAS NO MEDICAL OR FLIGHT REVIEW. ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^