# Incident 20111225028989I: Mooney M20F, Morristown, NJ, December 25, 2011 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 25, 2011, 12:45 local time - Place: Morristown, NJ - Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6797V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6797V) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F - Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,188 total, 100 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111225028989I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 12/25/11 AT 1745Z, N6797V, A MOONEY M20F, PILOTED BY ITS OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (CERTIFICATE NUMBER LANDED ON RUNWAY 23 AT MMU. THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR BEING DEPLOYED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT HE HAD A SPURIOUS LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN (THAT WAS A HISTORY ITEM AND PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED BY AN A&P MECHANIC) SOUND APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OUT OF MMU. HE SLOWED AND CYCLED THE GEAR WHICH SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED THE HORN. AT 12-13 MILES FROM MMU THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN BEGAN SOUNDING AGAIN AND IN THIS INSTANCE HE CHOSE TO LIVE WITH THE HORN SINCE HE WAS CLOSE TO LANDING AT MMU. HE NEVER REPORTED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING TO ATC OR THE TOWER. AFTER LANDING AT 1745:38Z HE REPORTED TO THE MMU CONTROLLER THAT HE "DID A BELLY UP, WHEELS UP LANDING" AND THAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO COME GET ME. ON 12/27/11 THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED WHILE IT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE SYREK MEE REPAIR STATION AND ON BLOCKS. INSPECTION FOUND THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED PROP AND BELLY SKIN DAMAGE THAT WAS RELATIVELY MINOR. THE MINOR DAMAGE HOWEVER COULD MAKE THE AIRCRAFT ECONOMICALLY UNFEASIBLE TO REPAIR. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ON THE BLOCK IT WAS PLACED ON JACKS. THE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE OPEN BUT THE GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. THE BATTERY WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DISCONNECTED BY EMERGENCY SERVICES ON 12/25/11 WAS RECONNECTED. THE GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE CONDITION IT WAS FOUND IN ON THE BLOCKS. THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET. WITH THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER RESET THE LANDING GEAR (ALL 3 GEAR) DEPLOYED AND LOCKED NORMALLY. WHEN THE GEAR WAS DEPLOYED THE GEAR DOWN GREEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED NORMALLY AND GEAR DOWN MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT INDICATOR BETWEEN THE SEATS AFT OF THE CONSOLE SHOWED THE GEAR DOWN. THE GEAR WAS CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES AND WORKED NORMALLY INCLUDING ALL GEAR INDICATIONS. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE GEAR HAD BEEN DEPLOYED PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHING DOWN ON LANDING. THIS WAS EVIDENCED BY THE FACT THAT NEITHER OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, TIRES OR BRAKE ROTORS SHOWED ANY SIGNS OF DAMAGE OR SCUFFING ON THEIR OUTBOARD EDGES WHICH COULD HAVE INDICATED THAT THE GEAR HAD BE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED AND SUBSEQUENTLY COLLAPSED. INITIALLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOTH VERBALLY AND IN A WRITTEN SIGNED STATEMENT STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND LOWERED THE FLAPS 4 MILES FROM RUNWAY 23 AT MMU. AFTER REPEATED CONVERSATIONS WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE REVEALED THAT HE WAS NOT CERTAIN OF THE EVENTS THAT WOULD HAVE LED TO HIM MAKING A LANDING WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR DEPLOYED. ## Other reports on N6797V (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20180912013439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180912013439I), Sep 12, 2018: Mooney M20F (N6797V), Vichy, MO, Minor damage. The pilot involved was [privacy data omitted], ATP certificate [privacy data omitted]. [privacy data omitted] Was the PIC of a Mooney M20F, tail # N6797V, sn#… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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