# Incident 20020114000239I: Mooney M20J, Santa Ana, CA, January 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2002, 08:33 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5631X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020114000239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APPROACH TO VNY, PILOT NOTED THAT LANDING GEAR DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT LOCKED DOWN, GEAR UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ON, GEAR DOWN LOCK LIGHT NOT ON. CONDUCTED FLY-BY, VNY ATCT REPORTED GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO SNA DUE TO IT BEING HIS HOME AIRPORT. EMERGENCY EXTEND AND MANEUVERS WERE ATTEMPTED WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT BURNED OFF EXCESS FUEL AND REPORTED TO SNA ATCT THAT GEAR APPEARS UNSAFE DUE TO LIGHT BEING ON. CONDUCTED LANDING ATTEMPT, FOUND LEFT GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE, EXECUTED GO AROUND. PILOT AGAIN BURNED EXCESS FUEL AND PREPARED FOR GEAR COLLAPSE LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED, LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO 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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