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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Detroit, MI · January 12, 2001

Date
January 12, 2001 · 07:20 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Detroit City
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231GV
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
518 total317 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23) Pilot stated that he was sort of distracted by the flickering of the high/low voltage light. He was not aware that the landing gear motor circuit breaker had tripped, thus preventing the landing gear from extending and locking and there was no other indications that the landing gear was not down and locked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS SORT OF DISTRACTED BY THE FLICKERING OF THE HIGH/LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT. HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED, THUS PREVENTING THE LANDING GEAR FROM EXTENDING AND LOCKING AND THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATIONS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED.

Other reports on N231GV · 2

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