# Incident 20060831020439I: Mooney M20E, Pittsfield, IL, August 31, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2006, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, IL
- Airport: Pittsfield Penstone Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6389° N, 90.7786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSFIELD PENSTONE MUNI (PPQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6389&lon=-90.7786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9077V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9077V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 210 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060831020439I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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