# Incident 19990901025039I: Mooney M20E, Torrance, CA, September 1, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1999, 15:57 local time
- Place: Torrance, CA
- Airport: Torrance Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8305° N, 118.3566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Torrance, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8305&lon=-118.3566&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7842V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7842V-2001-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,680 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990901025039I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/1/99, DOUG BOMBARD, OWNER AND PIC OF MOONEY M20E, N7842V, ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR WHILE ON A 45 DEGREE APPROACH TO TORRANCE AIRPORT. MR. BOMBARD DISCOVERED THAT THE HANDLE WOULD ONLY GO HALF WAY DOWN AND FLEW OUT OVER THE WATER TO CYCLE THE GEAR. MR. BOMBARD DID A LOW FLYBY AND THE TOWER VERIFIED A PARTIAL GEAR EXTENSION. MR. BOMBARD USED A TOW BAR TO FORCE THE GEAR HANDLE AND HE HEARD SOMETHING BREAK. THE TOWER VERIFIED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WERE DOWN BUT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS STILL RETRACTED. MR. BOMBARD ELECTED TO RETRACT THE GEAR, TURN OFF THE MAGS AND MASTER ON FINAL APPROACH. GREAT AMERICAN AT TORRANCE AIRPORT WILL BE REPAIRING THE AIRCRAFT AND OWNER WILL KEEP FSDO INFORMED OF CAUSE.

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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