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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20E · Charleston, SC · December 28, 2010

Date
December 28, 2010 · 14:30 local
Place
Charleston, SC
Airport
Charleston Afb/International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3353X
Reported as
Mooney M20E
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

12/28/10: Pilot dep lyh the gear would not retract. Pilot elected to continue to his destination and have maint look at it there. The pilot declared an emergency landing and the gear collapsed upon landing at chs. 1/5/11: gear inspection performed and revealed the LH gear retract bellcrank failed at a pushrod conection that started the above sequence. SDR sumited.

As the FAA filed it

12/28/10: PILOT DEP LYH THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO HIS DESTINATION AND HAVE MAINT LOOK AT IT THERE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING AT CHS. 1/5/11: GEAR INSPECTION PERFORMED AND REVEALED THE LH GEAR RETRACT BELLCRANK FAILED AT A PUSHROD CONECTION THAT STARTED THE ABOVE SEQUENCE. SDR SUMITED.