# Incident 20121006022389I: Mooney M20E, Avon Park, FL, October 6, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2012, 09:23 local time
- Place: Avon Park, FL
- Airport: Avon Park Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.5913° N, 81.5290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AVON PARK EXEC (AVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.5913&lon=-81.5290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5624Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5624Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121006022389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LANTANA AIRPORT AT APROX. 0730 ENROUTE TO AVON PARK TO HAVE ANNUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED BY FLORIDA AIRCRAFT SERVICES. AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AND NOTICED IT DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT. DURING FLIGHT NOTICED AIRSPEED WAS LOW AND NO RED LIGHT TO INDICATE GEAR UP AND LOCKED. PILOT DID FLY-BY AT AVON PARK AND WAS TOLD LANDING GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIAL EXTENDED, PILOT TRIED EMERGENGY PROCEEDURES WITH NO RESULTS. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH GEAR UP. A/C LANDED WITH NO INJURIES, ONLY MINOR DAMAGE.

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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