# Incident 20010112004989I: Mooney M20K, Detroit, MI, January 12, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2001, 07:20 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3314° N, 83.0458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Detroit, MI, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3314&lon=-83.0458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 518 total, 317 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010112004989I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

- [Incident 19990626041519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990626041519I), Jun 26, 1999: Mooney M20K (N231GV), Memphis, TN, Minor damage. (-23) After landing the pilot received progessive taxi instruction to his choice of FBO from the FAA tower. He made the right turn to taxiway s at the S-3…
- [Incident 19801116079909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801116079909I), Nov 16, 1980: Mooney M20K (N231GV), North Canton, OH, Minor damage. During takeoff roll two deer observed crossing in front. Pilot continued. Hit one of them, then stopped.

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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