# Incident 20090717047859I: Mooney M20J, Ocean City, NJ, July 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2009, 13:05 local time
- Place: Ocean City, NJ
- Airport: Ocean City Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2635° N, 74.6075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OCEAN CITY MUNI (26N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2635&lon=-74.6075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,325 total, 3,043 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090717047859I

## Narrative

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

N201EF LANDED GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 6/24, AFTER EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WHILE ENROUTE FROM PROVIDENCE, RI. NO INJURIES REPORTED TO EITHER PILOT OR PASSENGER. AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE 70 AMP. CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE ALTERNATOR POPPED DURING FLIGHT. BATTERY POWER WENT DEAD AFTER A SHORT TIME.  THIS REQUIRED THE LANDING GEAR TO BE HAND CRANKED DOWN. PILOT STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT UPON LANDING, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, WHICH CAUSED THE LANDING GEAR RODS TO BEND AND THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR TO COME APART. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT: BELLY SKINS, ANTENNAS, LEFT SIDE STEP, LANDING GEAR DOORS, LANDING RODS AND ACTUATOR, PROPELLER AND ENGINE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N201EF, Mooney MO2J: no report for this aircraft; [N201EF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201EF) is registered now

## Other reports on N201EE (2)

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

- [Incident 20050309009259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050309009259I), Mar 9, 2005: Mooney M20J (N201EE), Abingdon, VA, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] the commercial pilot landed the aircraft on runway 24. The aircraft landing gear was retracted. The landing gear warning horn was…
- [Incident 19811024082809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024082809I), Oct 24, 1981: Mooney M20J (N201EE), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Nose wheel vibrated on landing and gear collapsed while taxiing. Prior improper towing may have failed parts.

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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