# Incident 20011009028429I: Mooney M20F, Collegeville, PA, October 9, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2001, 06:30 local time
- Place: Collegeville, PA
- Airport: Perkiomen Valley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2040° N, 75.4303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Perkiomen Valley Airport (32PA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2040&lon=-75.4303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7785M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7785M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 888 total, 440 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011009028429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING CRUISE HE NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR UP LIGHT WAS NOT ON. LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. RESETTING BREAKER AND RECYCLING LANDING GEAR DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. AFTER HAND CRANKING THE EMERGENCY GEAR HANDLE 85 TURNS TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE MECHANICAL INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOCKED DOWN. THE PILOT SUSPECTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS STUCK IN SOME MID-POSITION. LANDING WAS MADE WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. FURTHER INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE FAA INSPECTOR REVEALED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED FROM THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT HAND LANDING GEAR WAS STUCK IN THE MID-POSITION AND HAD TO BE PULLED DOWN AND WIRE LOCKED.

## Other reports on N7785M (1)

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

- [Incident 19880220003099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880220003099I), Feb 20, 1988: Mooney M20F (N7785M), Nekoosa, WI, Minor damage. Engine quit. Elected to land on a road with gear up. Slid into a ditch. Unable to get fuel pressure. Cause unknown.

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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