What happened
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(-23) On January 01, 2008 Mooney M-20F, registration number N3275F was being flown from melborne, FL to Pompano Beach, FL. Several minutes after joining the approach frequency for Pompano airport the pilot began experiencing problems with the autopilot and transponder and a minute later failure of the #1 radio followed by the #2 radio. Cell phone communication was established with the pilot's father who was located at the Pompano airport and he was relaying information between the pilot and the Pompano tower. The landing gear would not extend by normal electrical power and several attempts using the emergency crank handle also would not lower the gear. Instructions from ATC were to land the aircraft at pmp. A successful gear-up landing was made on runway 33 and the pilot and passengers egressed the aircraft uninjured. The aircraft sustained damage to the lower fuselage and propeller.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JANUARY 01, 2008 MOONEY M-20F, REGISTRATION NUMBER N3275F WAS BEING FLOWN FROM MELBORNE, FL TO POMPANO BEACH, FL. SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER JOINING THE APPROACH FREQUENCY FOR POMPANO AIRPORT THE PILOT BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AUTOPILOT AND TRANSPONDER AND A MINUTE LATER FAILURE OF THE #1 RADIO FOLLOWED BY THE #2 RADIO. CELL PHONE COMMUNICATION WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE PILOT'S FATHER WHO WAS LOCATED AT THE POMPANO AIRPORT AND HE WAS RELAYING INFORMATION BETWEEN THE PILOT AND THE POMPANO TOWER. THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND BY NORMAL ELECTRICAL POWER AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS USING THE EMERGENCY CRANK HANDLE ALSO WOULD NOT LOWER THE GEAR. INSTRUCTIONS FROM ATC WERE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT PMP. A SUCCESSFUL GEAR-UP LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 33 AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LOWER FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER.
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