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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20C · Rhinelander, WI · August 13, 2005

Date
August 13, 2005
Place
Rhinelander, WI
Airport
Rhinelander-Oneida County
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6675U
Reported as
Mooney M20C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total560 in this make and model60 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 indicates gusty winds during landing which may have caused a side load on the MLG. Both MLG control rods were bent, causing gear to unlock. The nose gear remained down/locked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT INDICATES GUSTY WINDS DURING LANDING WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A SIDE LOAD ON THE MLG. BOTH MLG CONTROL RODS WERE BENT, CAUSING GEAR TO UNLOCK. THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED DOWN/LOCKED.