# Incident 20051007025709I: Mooney M20E, Wickenburg, AZ, October 7, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2005, 21:00 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Airport: Wickenburg Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9706° N, 112.7951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WICKENBURG MUNI (E25), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9706&lon=-112.7951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9324M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9324M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 100 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051007025709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING INTERVIEW WITH IIC THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR, HEARD THE GEAR MOTOR RUN THEN HEARD THE LANDING GEAR LOCK DOWN. WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT ANY UNSAFE GEAR INDICATIONS THE PILOT STATED THAT HE'D HAD A PAST RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS HAVING TO BE "WIGGLED" TO MAKE THEM WORK. THE PILOT STATED HE'D HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE SYSTEM BUT NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING. HE DID STATE HOWEVER THAT THE VISUAL GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ON THE COCKPIT FLOOR SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR TO BE DOWN AND HE DID NOT HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. PILOT STATED THAT ON TOUCHDOWN ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID HEAR THE GEAR WARNING HORN AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. IA CONDUCTING POST INCIDENT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT STATED THAT HE FOUND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CB POPPED AND WHEN PLANE WAS JACKED UP AND THE CB PUSHED IN, THE GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED PROP STRIKE, MINOR BELLY DAMAGE, AND DAMAGE TO MAIN GEAR. NOTE: PILOT'S MEDICAL WAS SUSPENDED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2004 DUE TO HIS FAILURE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION REGARDING MOTOR VEHICLE DUI CONVICTION.

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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