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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20S · Toms River, NJ · October 30, 2003

Date: October 30, 2003 · 18:47 local
Place: Toms River, NJ
Airport: Robert J Miller Air Park Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2234X
Reported as: Mooney M20S
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,597 total689 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

N2234XRegistration cancelled Oct 20, 2014 · Mooney M20SS/N 30-0001 · Built 1999 Airframe modelMooney M20S Engine modelContinental IO-550 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) Landing gear would not extend. Pilot landed aircraft gear up. Aircraft received minor damage to the belly pan, both nose gear doors, and propeller. The aircraft was jacked and the gear was tested in normal and emergency systems. Gear would not move in either position. Disconnected gear linkage from the landing gear actuator and the gear freely moved to the down position. Disassembled the landing gear actuator. Found the tabs had broken off the no back clutch spring preventing the gear from moving in either normal or emergency position.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY PAN, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND THE GEAR WAS TESTED IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER POSITION. DISCONNECTED GEAR LINKAGE FROM THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND THE GEAR FREELY MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION. DISASSEMBLED THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR. FOUND THE TABS HAD BROKEN OFF THE NO BACK CLUTCH SPRING PREVENTING THE GEAR FROM MOVING IN EITHER NORMAL OR EMERGENCY POSITION.

Other reports on N2234X · 1

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

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