# Incident 19970809029469I: Mooney M20J, Pompano Beach, FL, August 9, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1997, 12:31 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1083F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1083F) (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 M20J
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,050 total, 12,000 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/19970809029469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED ON APPROACH HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD NO GEAR WARNING (LIGHT OR HORN). A GEAR SWING WAS PERFORMED BY THE OWNERS MECHANIC AND OBSERVED BY THE FAA IIC ON THE GEAR SWING A BENT RT MLG ACTUATOR TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND. DUE TO THIS ROD BEING BENT THE TAB ON IT THAT MAKES CONTACT WITH THE SWITCH ASSY TO SHUT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR OFF WILL NOT MAKE CONTACT AND WHEN THE MOTOR GETS HOT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER POPS NOT LETTING THE LANDING GEAR COME DOWN. DUE TO THE PILOTS AIRSPEED BEING OVER 60 KTS (MIN FOR AIRSPEED GEAR WARN) AND THE THROTTLE BEING ADVANCED PAST THE GEAR WARNING CONTACT HE NEVER GOT A WARNING. THIS ROD IS UNDER A BELLY PAN AND IS NOT VISIBLE FOR INSPECTION PRIOR TO FLIGHT. AIRWORTHINESS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS A FACTOR DUE TO THE RT MLG ACTUATOR TUBE ASSEMBLY BEING BENT. THIS WAS NOT NOTICABLE WITHOUT REMOVING THE BELLY PAN OFF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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