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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Greensboro, NC · April 6, 2013

Date
April 6, 2013 · 11:30 local
Place
Greensboro, NC
Airport
Piedmont Triad International
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9414V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
229 total126 in this make and model31 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.

Pilot landed gear up and claimed he put the gear handle in the down position prior to landing. Investigation revealed that main gear was functioning correctly (nose gear was damaged on landing/retrieval), but gear horn was intermittent and audible had a very low volume.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED GEAR UP AND CLAIMED HE PUT THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION PRIOR TO LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MAIN GEAR WAS FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY (NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED ON LANDING/RETRIEVAL), BUT GEAR HORN WAS INTERMITTENT AND AUDIBLE HAD A VERY LOW VOLUME.