# Incident 19970214006499I: Mooney M20C, Atlantic City, NJ, February 14, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1997, 16:38 local time
- Place: Atlantic City, NJ
- Airport: Atlantic City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4576° N, 74.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATLANTIC CITY INTL (ACY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4576&lon=-74.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111JP-2021-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,200 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/19970214006499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND FOR LANDING AT THE MILLVILLE, NJ AIRPORT. THE PILOT STATED AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WITH NO INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ON FEBRUARY 20, 1997 PERSONNEL OF PHILADELPHIA FSDO PERFORMED A PRELIMINARY INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AT ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS INSPECTION SHOWED EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL FAILURE. WE WILL FOLLOW-UP AND SUBMIT AMENDED REPORT CONCERNING CAUSE OF LANDING GEAR PROBLEM AND CORRECTIVE ACTION.

## Other reports on N111JP (1)

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

- [Accident 20190508004189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190508004189A), May 8, 2019: Mooney M20J (N111JP), Moose Lake, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Pilot departed runway 04 at 1630 into a snow storm, aircraft was reported missing at 1830 05/08/2019 aircraft was found 05/09/2019 0600, 1200 feet west of…

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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