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Incident

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Flemingsburg, KY · November 28, 2002

Date: November 28, 2002 · 12:40 local
Place: Flemingsburg, KY
Airport: Fleming-Mason Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N676N
Reported as: Mooney M20C
Reported engine: Lycoming O360*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total500 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N676NRegistered now · Mooney M20CS/N 680032 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20C Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft was stopping at Fleming-Mason Airport located at Flemingsburg, KY as a fueling stop. ATC cleared the aircraft for an approach. The pilot stated that after landing the landing gear collapsed. He also stated that the landing gear indicator showed that the landing gear was down. The aircraft came to rest approximately 250 feet after the 1000' marker. Maintenance personnel jacked the aircraft and operated the landing gear several times and found it to be functioning normally. In addition the pilot stated he made two prior landings and the gear performed normally. Neither the pilot or maintenance personnel could explain why the landing gear collapsed on landing. There was no structural damage to the aircraft. The propeller and engine will have to be replaced due to the propeller striking the runway several times and the sudden stoppage of the engine.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPING AT FLEMING-MASON AIRPORT LOCATED AT FLEMINGSBURG, KY AS A FUELING STOP. ATC CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN APPROACH. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AFTER THE 1000' MARKER. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL JACKED THE AIRCRAFT AND OPERATED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND FOUND IT TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY. IN ADDITION THE PILOT STATED HE MADE TWO PRIOR LANDINGS AND THE GEAR PERFORMED NORMALLY. NEITHER THE PILOT OR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES AND THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.