# Incident 19960722027949I: Mooney M20E, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1996, 08:30 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5514Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5514Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 425 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960722027949I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 13, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830 EDT, A MOONEY M20E, N5514Q, REGISTERED TO ERIC J. SOFTLEY EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE LANDING GEAR ON ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 08 AT FT. LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TAMIAMI AIRPORT ON JULY 13, 1996. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN HE LOWERED THE GEAR, THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT HAD BURNED OUT. HE VERIFIED THE MECHANICAL LEVER WAS LOCKED IN THE GEAR DOWN POSITION AND RECEIVED VERIFICATION FROM THE TOWER THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. HE CONTINUED HIS APPROACH AND LANDED. ON ROLLOUT THE LEFT GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT AND NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT SLIPPED OFF THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXI WAY RECEIVING MINOR DAMAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR AFTER THIS OCCURRENCE REVEALED IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY RIGGED CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE. DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE RETRACT/DOWNLOCK ROD, A RIGGING CHECK COULD NOT BE ACCOMPLISHED. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS REVEALED NO FAILURE OF ANY GEAR COMPONENT.

## Other reports on N5514Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050423009339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050423009339I), Apr 23, 2005: Mooney M20E (N5514Q), Pahokee, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On April 23, 2005, approximately 0930 eastern daylight time, a Mooney-20-E, N5514Q, made a gear-up landing at Palm Beach county Glades airport, Pahokee,…

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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