# Incident 20080101012899I: Mooney M20F, Pompano Beach, FL, January 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2008, 19:15 local time
- Place: Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport: Pompano Beach Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2474° N, 80.1111° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POMPANO BEACH AIRPARK (PMP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2474&lon=-80.1111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3275F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3275F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 50 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080101012899I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## Other reports on N3275F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200915019809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200915019809I), Sep 15, 2020: Mooney M20F (N3275F), Dulles, VA, Minor damage. N3275F is a 1967 Mooney M20F [privacy data omitted]. The standard a/w certificate date is 26 may 1967 and The valid registration certification issue date is 9…
- [Incident 19970713029619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970713029619I), Jul 13, 1997: Mooney M20F (N3275F), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: on scene investigation on 7-13-97 found aircraft parked in a wheat field with the left main gear collapsed. No injuries. Pilot and passenger (wife)…

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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