19960116003109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Atlanta, GA · January 16, 1996

Date: January 16, 1996 · 19:03 local
Place: Atlanta, GA
Airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4609H
Reported as: Mooney M20K
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total4,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N4609HRegistration cancelled Apr 5, 2005 · Mooney M20KS/N 25-0471 · Built 1980 Airframe modelMooney M20K Engine modelContinental TSIO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 states that he moved landing gear control to "down" position and landing gear did not respond. Pilot also stated that landing gear warning system did not work. Pilot continued landing with landing gear retracted. Flight was other wise normal pilot had clearance to land runway 2L pdk. Subsequent ck of landing gear sys. Revealed normal operation. Mr. Robert rasmussen underwent a successful re-examination given by inspector francis m. dejoseph on 1/24/96.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATES THAT HE MOVED LANDING GEAR CONTROL TO "DOWN" POSITION AND LANDING GEAR DID NOT RESPOND. PILOT ALSO STATED THAT LANDING GEAR WARNING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK. PILOT CONTINUED LANDING WITH LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. FLIGHT WAS OTHER WISE NORMAL PILOT HAD CLEARANCE TO LAND RUNWAY 2L PDK. SUBSEQUENT CK OF LANDING GEAR SYS. REVEALED NORMAL OPERATION. MR. ROBERT RASMUSSEN UNDERWENT A SUCCESSFUL RE-EXAMINATION GIVEN BY INSPECTOR FRANCIS M. DEJOSEPH ON 1/24/96.