# Incident 19940727035409I: Mooney M20K, Charleston, SC, July 27, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7010° N, 80.0032° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLESTON EXEC (JZI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7010&lon=-80.0032&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 110 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940727035409I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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