# Incident 20090331004809I: Mooney M20F, Portland, OR, March 31, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2009, 21:10 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland-Troutdale
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5494° N, 122.4013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND-TROUTDALE (TTD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5494&lon=-122.4013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4076N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4076N) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,971 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090331004809I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20090705011199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090705011199I), Jul 5, 2009: Mooney M20F (N4076N), Portland, OR, Minor damage. (-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…
- [Incident 19861014061349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861014061349I), Oct 14, 1986: Mooney M20F (N4076N), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed after landing. Suspect faulty gear motor or gear box.

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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