# Incident 20010430009349I: Mooney M20M, St Petersburg-C, FL, April 30, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2001, 13:35 local time
- Place: St Petersburg-C, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg-Clearwater International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9102° N, 82.6874° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9102&lon=-82.6874&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321JL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 1 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010430009349I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 30, 2001 AT 1535 EDT, A MOONEY 20-M, N321JL, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA ^ LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIAL EXTENDED, AT ST PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FL, WHILE ON A BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW WITH A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. DURING THE FLIGHT REVIEW THE ALTERNATE GEAR EXTENSION WAS PERFORMED AS PART OF REVIEW.  THE PROCEDURES IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL WERE FOLLOWED.  THE GEAR STARTED DOWN, BUT WOULD NOT EXTEND TO THE DOWN AND LOCK POSITION.  NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE GEAR TO THE DOWN AND LOCK POSITION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE TO 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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