# Incident 19940205012469I: Mooney M20J, Santa Maria, CA, February 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1994, 16:33 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria Public
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201UT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201UT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940205012469I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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