# Incident 20030705013639I: Mooney M20R, Oxford, CT, July 5, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2003, 10:46 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N557RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N557RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030705013639I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND, HE WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM SANFORD ME. TO ROCHESTER NH. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO WATERBURY OXFORD AIRPORT IN CT, WHERE HE LANDED GEAR UP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR "NO BACK SPRING" HAD A BROKEN TAB WHICH CAUSED THE ACTUATOR TO MALFUNCTION. THIS MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE GEAR TO REMAIN IN THE UP POSITION.

## Other reports on N557RM (1)

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

- [Incident 20190516004739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190516004739I), May 16, 2019: Mooney M20R (N557RM), Oxford, CT, Minor damage. Oxc tower reported that [privacy data omitted] was on approach for landing and began to porpoise the aircraft and had a propeller strike at which time she…

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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