# Incident 20040702015329I: Mooney M20F, Pompano Beach, FL, July 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2004, 14:10 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6817V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6817V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar Acft Corp Of Texas M20F (registry code 5870314, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-acft-corp-of-texas-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040702015329I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTS THAT ON A FLIGHT FROM SEBRING TO POMPANO, THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO RESET IT AND HE SAW SPARKS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A MANUAL EXTENSION OF THE GEAR BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. THE PILOT REPORTED THE GEAR PROBLEM TO THE POMPANO TOWER. A HELICOPTER IN THE AREA STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND THE PILOT FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THE CONTROLLER ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. A LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 15 AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED ONTO A HELICOPTER DOLLY AND TOWED TO ANTHONY AVIATION. ON 07/08/04 THE MECHANIC IDENTIFIED STRIPPED SPLINES ON THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SHAFT WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW THE GEAR TO FULLY EXTEND MANUALLY. IT IS UNCLEAR WHEN THE SPLINE WAS DAMAGED AND WHY. THE MECHANIC DID PERFORM A SUCCESSFUL MANUAL EXTENSION DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION LAST JULY. THE LANDING GEAR NORMAL EXTENSION ASSEMBLY, DUKES LINEAR ACTUATOR, P/N 4196-00-1C S/N M20-190 WAS OVERHAULED ONE YEAR AGO.

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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