# Incident 20030118001269I: Mooney M20C, Franklin, PA, January 18, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2003, 15:20 local time
- Place: Franklin, PA
- Airport: Chess-Lamberton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3830° N, 79.8321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Franklin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3830&lon=-79.8321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9371V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9371V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Pilot flight hours: 1,811 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030118001269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT, ANDREW MAITLAND IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT SAID THAT HE AND A STUDENT PILOT, JERMOME ROETERING DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 AT FKL TO PRACTICE AIRWORK MANEUVERS. AFTER THE PRACTICE SESSION THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE LAST APPROACH THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO SIMULATE AN ENGINE OUT. HE STATED HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR HORN ON DOWN WIND, BASE AND FINAL. HE DID NOT ENSURE THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION WHICH LED TO THE GEAR UP LANDING. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED AND THE PILOTS DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED BACK ON. THE GEAR HORN WAS SOUNDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR AND PLACED ON JACKS. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE THROTTLE RETARDED. THE HORN SOUNDED AT THE PROPER POSITION OF THE THROTTLE.

## Other reports on N9371V (1)

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

- [Incident 19990828024859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828024859I), Aug 28, 1999: Mooney M20C (N9371V), Franklin, PA, Minor damage. The following statement was obtained through an interview with the pilot and on-scene investigation by personnel from the allegheny FSDO, EA03. While on final…

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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