# Incident 20111128027139I: Mooney M20R, Decatur, IL, November 28, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 2011, 08:53 local time
- Place: Decatur, IL
- Airport: Decatur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR (DEC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8346&lon=-88.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2120X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2120X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 700 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111128027139I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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