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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Pittsfield, IL · August 31, 2006

Date: August 31, 2006 · 15:00 local
Place: Pittsfield, IL
Airport: Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9077V
Reported as: Mooney M20E
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total210 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N9077VRegistered now · Mooney M20ES/N 690014 · Built 1968 Airframe modelMooney M20E Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The pilot of N9077V, while on approach to land at Pittsfield, Illinois, had placed the landing gear switch to the down position but did not verify, by lights and floor indicator, that the landing gear had extended. The landing gear had not extended and the pilot, not knowing that the gear had not extended, completed his approach to land and the aircraft settled onto the runway sustained minor damage. The pilot indicated that the circuit breaker for the landing gear had 'popped' but he hadn't noticed it until after the event. The pilot received no injuries resulting from the event and this report closes the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT OF N9077V, WHILE ON APPROACH TO LAND AT PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS, HAD PLACED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION BUT DID NOT VERIFY, BY LIGHTS AND FLOOR INDICATOR, THAT THE LANDING GEAR HAD EXTENDED. THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED AND THE PILOT, NOT KNOWING THAT THE GEAR HAD NOT EXTENDED, COMPLETED HIS APPROACH TO LAND AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR HAD 'POPPED' BUT HE HADN'T NOTICED IT UNTIL AFTER THE EVENT. THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES RESULTING FROM THE EVENT AND THIS REPORT CLOSES THE INCIDENT.