# Incident 20120120000569I: Mooney M20J, Edenton, NC, January 20, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Edenton, NC
- Airport: Northeastern Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0286° N, 76.5698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTHEASTERN RGNL (EDE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0286&lon=-76.5698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5608Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5608Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 310 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120120000569I

## Narrative

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

N5608Y WAS ON A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT FROM NORTHEASTERN REGIONAL AIRPORT, EDENTON, NC (KEDE) TAKING OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 15:35 EST. SHORTLY AFTER 16:00 EST, THE PILOT TURNED TOWARD THE AIRPORT FOR LANDING AND ANNOUNCED HIS POSITION ON CTAF 123.0 AS "OVER THE ALBEMARLE SOUND BRIDGE FOR DOWNWIND ENTRY FOR RUNWAY 19 EDENTON". AFTER THE PILOT REPORTED HIS POSITION, HE HEARD A TRANSMISSION FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT THAT WAS DOWNWIND OR WAS GOING TO ENTER A DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 19. HE THEN REPORTED HIS POSITION AS CROSSING THE (ALBEMARLE) SOUND SHORELINE FOR A DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 19. HE HEARD PART OF ANOTHER TRANSMISSION REFERENCING "DOWNWIND 19". HE WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH VISUAL CONTACT WITH ANY OTHER TRAFFIC SO HE REPORTED HIS POSITION AS MIDFIELD DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 19 EDENTON. HE HEARD NO OTHER TRAFFIC RESPOND. HE CONTINUED LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC. THEN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT REPORTED RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR 19. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT RESPONDED TO THE EFFECT: WE WILL LAND BEHIND YOU, MOONEY. HE STILL HAD NOT SEEN THE OTHER AIRCRAFT BUT NO AIRCRAFT WERE BETWEEN HIM AND THE RUNWAY SO HE TURNED INBOUND AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD LAND LONG BELIEVING THIS WOULD PROVIDE MAXIMUM SEPARATION BETWEEN HIM AND THE OTHER TRAFFIC. THE PILOT ALLOWED THE PERCEIVED TRAFFIC PATTERN CONFLICTS TO DISTRACT HIM FROM PERFORMING THE LANDING CHECKLIST SO HE DID NOT EXTEND THE GEAR. NO GEAR HORN SOUND POSSIBLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS TRYING TO LAND LONG AND KEPT THE POWER ABOVE THE REQUIRED SETTING TO SOUND THE GEAR EXTEND HORN. GROUND PERSONNEL RETRIEVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY BY SLIDING THE AIRCRAFT UP ONTO A ROLL BACK TOW TRUCK. WHILE THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT RESTED ON THE ROLL BACK TRUCK BED, THE MAIN GEAR AND WINGS WERE AFT OF THE TRUCK BED SO THE MECHANIC EXTENDED THE MAIN GEAR BY HAND CRANKING THE GEAR DOWN. THE GEAR IS MECHANICAL AND THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND DUE TO SITTING ON THE TRUCK. THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION RODS THEN SHEARED OFF THE UPPER NOSE GEAR STRUT.

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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