# Incident 19961020037879I: Mooney M20F, Pittsburg, KS, October 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1996, 14:10 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, KS
- Airport: Atkinson Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4501° N, 94.7312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATKINSON MUNI (PTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4501&lon=-94.7312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9203V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9203V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 750 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961020037879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTURE PILOT COULD NOT RETRACT LANDING GEAR MANUALLY OR ELECTRICALLY. AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PTS AND MADE A GEAR-UP LANDING. THE LANDING GEARS WERE PARTIALLY EXTENDED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR DOORS, PROPELLER AND MINOR DAMAGE TO VARIOUS ANTENNAS. CONTACTED MAC MCDERMED OF MAC'S AIRCRAFT REPAIR IN PITTSBURGH. HE STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR "GEAR BOX COUPLING" WHICH COUPLES THE ELECTRIC MOTOR TO THE GEARBOX APPEARED TO BE BROKEN. I REQUESTED AN M OR D FORM FROM HIM BE SENT TO THIS OFFICE.

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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