# Incident 20080110000499I: Mooney M20K, Las Vegas, NV, January 10, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2008, 12:40 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48LW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48LW-2022-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080110000499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 2008, A MOONEY M20K, SERIAL NUMBER 25-2021, U.S. REGISTRATION NUMBER N49LW PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT DURING LANDING AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 12R FROM THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT TO "BREAK-IN" THE ENGINE CYLINDERS AFTER AN ENGINE TOP OVERHAUL. AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE PILOT SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR TO THE "UP" POSITION. AN IN-TRANSIT INDICATION WAS NOTED AFTER THE LANDING GEAR SELECTION WAS MADE BUT DID NOT EXTINGUISH INDICATING THE LANDING GEAR HAD FAILED TO FULLY RETRACT. AN AUDIBLE LANDING GEAR WARNING WAS ALSO NOTED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE CONTROL TOWER OF THE LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO CYCLE THE LANDING GEAR USING THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR THE PILOT NOTED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. THE PILOT FOLLOWED THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK PROCEDURES FOR A MANUAL EXXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR BUT NOTICED THE PULL HANDLE DID NOT MOVE FREELY AND FELT ROUGH. THE PILOT STATED SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO GET 2 OR 3 SMOOTH PULLS ON THE HANDLE WHICH RESULTED IN THE VISUAL INDICATOR ON THE FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT CHANGING APPEARANCE. THE PILOT THEN AS A LAST RESORT PUSHED IN THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING BEGAN TO EXTEND AND AN ILLUMINATED "GREEN" DOWN INDICATION WAS NOTED AS WELL AS THE GEAR DOWN VISUAL INDICATION. THE PILOT CONTACTED THE NORTH LAS VEGAS TOWER AND REQUESTED THEY LOOK AT THE LANDING GEAR IN ORDER TO SEE IF THEY COULD VERIFY IF THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE TOWER CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AND AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO ROLL OUT SHE FELT THE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT THEN SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR WERE IN A RETRACTED POSITION AND ONLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN. DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE PROPELLER, LOWER SECTION OF THE NOSE COWLING AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS, RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOORS AND RIGHT WING TIP.

## Other reports on N48LW (1)

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

- [Incident 20050416006299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416006299I), Apr 16, 2005: Mooney M20K (N48LW), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot states he was cleared to land on runway 5. The aircraft bounced and began to porpoise. Nose gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest.

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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