# Incident 20090719012979I: Mooney M20J, Grain Valley, MO, July 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2009, 13:00 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0146° N, 94.2149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAST KANSAS CITY (3GV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0146&lon=-94.2149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201NL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201NL) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090719012979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC STATED THAT HE BEGAN HIS LANDING CHECKLIST WHILE ON RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 09, AND WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ANOTHER INBOUND AIRCRAFT.  HE DETERMINED THAT HE COULD CONTINUE ONTO BASE AND FINA, AND "JUST DIDN'T PUT THE GEAR DOWN" PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE RUNWAY.  HE ALSO STATED THAT NEITHER HE NOR HIS TWO PASSENGERS RECALLED HEARING THE GEAR WARNING HORN, EVEN THOUGH HE THOUGHT IT WORKED ON A PREVIOUS FLIGHT.  DURING RECOVERY OF THE AIRPLANE, IT WAS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY, BATTERY POWER WAS APPLIED, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WAS NOT AUDIBLE.  THE GEAR SWITCH WAS ACTUATED AND THE MOTOR LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR TO THEIR DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.  IT HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR WARNING SYSTEM MALFUNCTION; HOWEVER A FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS ANTICIPATED FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF A REPORT FROM THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.  INCIDENT NO. ICE052009020 IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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