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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Stuart, FL · April 5, 1997

Date
April 5, 1997 · 19:41 local
Place
Stuart, FL
Airport
Witham Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N517CP
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total

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: on 4-05-97 a Mooney M20K, N517CP registered to south Florida aircraft sales inc. landed gear up on runway 12 at Stuart airport, Stuart, Florida, while on a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. There were no injuries to the private pilot and his one passenger. The aircraft sustained minor damage. The pilot stated that he lost both radios in the vicinity of vero beach, and on approach to Stuart cycled the landing gear 3 times and did not hear the normal "thump". He landed and the gear was up. Maintenance personnel stated that the landing gear motor circuit breaker was popped. They pushed in the breaker and the gear cycled normally and locked in the down position. No further landing gear inspection has been accomplished since the accident and no determination has been found for the landing gear problem as experienced by the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 4-05-97 A MOONEY M20K, N517CP REGISTERED TO SOUTH FLORIDA AIRCRAFT SALES INC. LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 12 AT STUART AIRPORT, STUART, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS ONE PASSENGER. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE LOST BOTH RADIOS IN THE VICINITY OF VERO BEACH, AND ON APPROACH TO STUART CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR 3 TIMES AND DID NOT HEAR THE NORMAL "THUMP". HE LANDED AND THE GEAR WAS UP. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THEY PUSHED IN THE BREAKER AND THE GEAR CYCLED NORMALLY AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. NO FURTHER LANDING GEAR INSPECTION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED SINCE THE ACCIDENT AND NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM AS EXPERIENCED BY THE PILOT.