20030624024769I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20L · Scottsdale, AZ · June 24, 2003

Date
June 24, 2003 · 13:35 local
Place
Scottsdale, AZ
Airport
Scottsdale Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N154MP
Reported as
Mooney M20L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total300 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Pilot stated he performed a gump (g=gas, u=landing gear, m=mixture, p=propeller) check prior to landing at Scottsdale airport. Pilot stated he saw 3 green lights and verified the landing gear switch in the down position. Aircraft was landed with flaps down and power off with no gear warning horn heard. Scottsdale tower observed the aircraft landing with the gear up, they attempted to communicate on the radio to the aircraft the the gear was up, however the aircraft touched down on the runway before the warning could be issued. Aircraft was lifted by crane off the ground, gear switch was in down position and master switch turned on;gear did not extend. Landing gear switch was cycled, mechanic applied pressure to the pitot tube and gear extended. No causal factors known at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED HE PERFORMED A GUMP (G=GAS, U=LANDING GEAR, M=MIXTURE, P=PROPELLER) CHECK PRIOR TO LANDING AT SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT. PILOT STATED HE SAW 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND VERIFIED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITH FLAPS DOWN AND POWER OFF WITH NO GEAR WARNING HORN HEARD. SCOTTSDALE TOWER OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT LANDING WITH THE GEAR UP, THEY ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE ON THE RADIO TO THE AIRCRAFT THE THE GEAR WAS UP, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE WARNING COULD BE ISSUED. AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED BY CRANE OFF THE GROUND, GEAR SWITCH WAS IN DOWN POSITION AND MASTER SWITCH TURNED ON;GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS CYCLED, MECHANIC APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE PITOT TUBE AND GEAR EXTENDED. NO CAUSAL FACTORS KNOWN AT THIS TIME.