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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Portmouth, VA · February 11, 2000

Date
February 11, 2000 · 22:30 local
Place
Portmouth, VA
Airport
Hampton Roads Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56411
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Right main gear collapsed during landing roll-out on runway 02. Aircraft sustained only very minor, negligible damage, limited to the cabin step, tail skid and forward lower corner of right main gear door. The aircraft had nearly stopped, at teh time of incident, and came to rest nose-high, on the cabin step and tail skid. The propeller did not contact the pavement. privacy data omitted The aircraft had taken off in icy/slushy conditions, from detroit, and based on the that the only damaged part found was the push rod from the actuator walking beam to the right gear (rod was bent up), privacy data omitted therefore causing the rod to bend, before the wheel popped out of the well, never quite locing down. However, teh gear would still indicate "down-and-locked", because the single downlock indication switch is actuated bt the left main puck rod, and the left main indeed locked down.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT ON RUNWAY 02. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY VERY MINOR, NEGLIGIBLE DAMAGE, LIMITED TO THE CABIN STEP, TAIL SKID AND FORWARD LOWER CORNER OF RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOOR. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NEARLY STOPPED, AT TEH TIME OF INCIDENT, AND CAME TO REST NOSE-HIGH, ON THE CABIN STEP AND TAIL SKID. THE PROPELLER DID NOT CONTACT THE PAVEMENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT HAD TAKEN OFF IN ICY/SLUSHY CONDITIONS, FROM DETROIT, AND BASED ON THE THAT THE ONLY DAMAGED PART FOUND WAS THE PUSH ROD FROM THE ACTUATOR WALKING BEAM TO THE RIGHT GEAR (ROD WAS BENT UP), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEREFORE CAUSING THE ROD TO BEND, BEFORE THE WHEEL POPPED OUT OF THE WELL, NEVER QUITE LOCING DOWN. HOWEVER, TEH GEAR WOULD STILL INDICATE "DOWN-AND-LOCKED", BECAUSE THE SINGLE DOWNLOCK INDICATION SWITCH IS ACTUATED BT THE LEFT MAIN PUCK ROD, AND THE LEFT MAIN INDEED LOCKED DOWN.

Other reports on N56411 · 1

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