# Incident 20090816017519I: Mooney M20J, Pittsburgh, PA, August 16, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2009, 04:15 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Pittsburgh International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4914° N, 80.2327° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITTSBURGH INTL (PIT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4914&lon=-80.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N268ES, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N268ES) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090816017519I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PIT WITH GEAR UP ON RUNWAY 28C.  THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND DUE TO A MECHANICAL FAILURE WITH THE LANDING GEAR.  THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER WHEN HIS GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND AND THE TOWER INFORMED THE PILOT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 28C, AND NOTIFIED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.  THE REMOVABLE PANEL LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT ABSORBED MOST OF THE DAMAGE, WITH DAMAGE TO THE NLG DOORS.  THE NLG SUFFERED DAMAGE AT THE TRUNION (BROKEN SUPPORT TUBING).  DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS NOTED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE LANDING GEAR WAS OPEN AND KEPT POPPING WHEN THE GEAR DOWN HANDLE WAS SELECTED.  WHEN THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE WAS TRIED THE HANDLE WOULD NOT MOVE.

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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