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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · New Smyrna Beac, FL · May 27, 2011

Date
May 27, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
New Smyrna Beac, FL
Airport
Massey Ranch Airpark
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N489PS
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total250 in this make and model58 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The pilot stated that on arrival he entered the downwind pattern fo runway 36 and configured the aircraft for landing. After a normal pattern and final approach he noticed as he encountered ground effect and simultainious with stall warning at touchdown a gear verbal warning sounded. The aircraft then settled onto the runway gear up. The pilot stated he was positive he positioned the gear handle to the down position prior to landing. I observed a gear test following incident which demonstrated normal gear operation, however no warning horn or light from throttle position warning system. This function was found to be inoperative due to a broken wire near the throttle position switch. And the switch found out of rig.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT STATED THAT ON ARRIVAL HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND PATTERN FO RUNWAY 36 AND CONFIGURED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. AFTER A NORMAL PATTERN AND FINAL APPROACH HE NOTICED AS HE ENCOUNTERED GROUND EFFECT AND SIMULTAINIOUS WITH STALL WARNING AT TOUCHDOWN A GEAR VERBAL WARNING SOUNDED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY GEAR UP. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS POSITIVE HE POSITIONED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING. I OBSERVED A GEAR TEST FOLLOWING INCIDENT WHICH DEMONSTRATED NORMAL GEAR OPERATION, HOWEVER NO WARNING HORN OR LIGHT FROM THROTTLE POSITION WARNING SYSTEM. THIS FUNCTION WAS FOUND TO BE INOPERATIVE DUE TO A BROKEN WIRE NEAR THE THROTTLE POSITION SWITCH. AND THE SWITCH FOUND OUT OF RIG.