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FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Portland, OR · March 31, 2009

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Date
March 31, 2009 · 21:10 local
Place
Portland, OR
Airport
Portland-Troutdale
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4076N
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,971 total1,000 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N4076NRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 680172 · Built 1968Airframe modelMooney M20FEngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) privacy data omitted was doing night recurrency landings at airport, Troutdale, Oregon (ttd). First landing while flare he noticed unusual noise from nose gear area. He aborted landing and went around. On fly by tower reported gear not down. Aircraft was still indicating down and locked to the pilot. Pilot left area to get gear down and then returned for flyby on second flyby tower reported all gears appeared down. N4076N landed without further incident. Pilot noted that the propeller blades were bent on examining aircraft. Additional damage was minimal. Technician inspecting aircraft noted tht the belly rotating beacon and a battery vent line on the belly were also damage but no structure were damaged. The only way the technician could duplicate the condition of the gear being up and the indicating down was by having the aircraft on jacks with the gear up then he held the gear down switch in the down position and when the gear handle was selected down, the gear indicated down and the motor would not run in this configuation and the warning horn does not sound.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DOING NIGHT RECURRENCY LANDINGS AT AIRPORT, TROUTDALE, OREGON (TTD). FIRST LANDING WHILE FLARE HE NOTICED UNUSUAL NOISE FROM NOSE GEAR AREA. HE ABORTED LANDING AND WENT AROUND. ON FLY BY TOWER REPORTED GEAR NOT DOWN. AIRCRAFT WAS STILL INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED TO THE PILOT. PILOT LEFT AREA TO GET GEAR DOWN AND THEN RETURNED FOR FLYBY ON SECOND FLYBY TOWER REPORTED ALL GEARS APPEARED DOWN. N4076N LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT NOTED THAT THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT ON EXAMINING AIRCRAFT. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL. TECHNICIAN INSPECTING AIRCRAFT NOTED THT THE BELLY ROTATING BEACON AND A BATTERY VENT LINE ON THE BELLY WERE ALSO DAMAGE BUT NO STRUCTURE WERE DAMAGED. THE ONLY WAY THE TECHNICIAN COULD DUPLICATE THE CONDITION OF THE GEAR BEING UP AND THE INDICATING DOWN WAS BY HAVING THE AIRCRAFT ON JACKS WITH THE GEAR UP THEN HE HELD THE GEAR DOWN SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION AND WHEN THE GEAR HANDLE WAS SELECTED DOWN, THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND THE MOTOR WOULD NOT RUN IN THIS CONFIGUATION AND THE WARNING HORN DOES NOT SOUND.

Other reports on N4076N · 2

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

Incident 20090705011199ILanding · Portland, OR(-23) Commerical/instrument (1200 hour pilot) and another eye witness saw the aircraft make a hard landing on the main gear and then bounce several feet up in the air. Aircraft floated above runway for about 50 feet, and then came down hard on the nose with…Jul 5, 2009 · Minor damageIncident 19861014061349IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · San Jose, CAGear collapsed after landing. Suspect faulty gear motor or gear box.Oct 14, 1986 · Minor damage