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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Charleston, SC · July 27, 1994

Date: July 27, 1994 · 17:30 local
Place: Charleston, SC
Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N101AL
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 163 total110 in this make and model54 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 deviated due to weather and returned to Charleston executive (jzi) airport. Pilot indicated he positioned gear switch handle to the down position and moved flaps to 1/2 setting. During base to runway 22, pilot indicated he moved flaps to full down and check gear handle down. Just prior to landing, pilot pulled throttle off and "buzzer" went off. Minor damage to the aircraft belly skin and nose wheel door, and propellers were bent back. Investigation disclosed that the landing gear switch was down and the landing gear motor circuit breaker was popped. When aircraft was lifted and circuit breaker put back in, gear came down.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEVIATED DUE TO WEATHER AND RETURNED TO CHARLESTON EXECUTIVE (JZI) AIRPORT. PILOT INDICATED HE POSITIONED GEAR SWITCH HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION AND MOVED FLAPS TO 1/2 SETTING. DURING BASE TO RUNWAY 22, PILOT INDICATED HE MOVED FLAPS TO FULL DOWN AND CHECK GEAR HANDLE DOWN. JUST PRIOR TO LANDING, PILOT PULLED THROTTLE OFF AND "BUZZER" WENT OFF. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BELLY SKIN AND NOSE WHEEL DOOR, AND PROPELLERS WERE BENT BACK. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS DOWN AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND CIRCUIT BREAKER PUT BACK IN, GEAR CAME DOWN.