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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · Decatur, IL · November 28, 2011

Date
November 28, 2011 · 08:53 local
Place
Decatur, IL
Airport
Decatur
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2120X
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,400 total700 in this make and model60 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 of N2120X reported a landing gear anomaly while on approach to kdec when he noticed that the landing gear circuit breaker had tripped and could not be reset. The pilot conducted a manual landing gear extension to lower the landing gear. The aircraft landed without incident but as the aircraft was exiting the runway, the left main landing gear assembly began a partial retraction resulting in the aircraft unable to taxi clear of the runway. The aircraft engine was shut down and additional support was summoned. In subsequent inspection of the aircraft, it was determined that the 'down link' mechanism showed signs of failure.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF N2120X REPORTED A LANDING GEAR ANOMALY WHILE ON APPROACH TO KDEC WHEN HE NOTICED THAT THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD TRIPPED AND COULD NOT BE RESET. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY BEGAN A PARTIAL RETRACTION RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO TAXI CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WAS SUMMONED. IN SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE 'DOWN LINK' MECHANISM SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILURE.