# Incident 20150202000939I: Mooney M20F, Freeland, MI, February 2, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2015, 18:15 local time
- Place: Freeland, MI
- Airport: Saginaw Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5175° N, 84.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeland, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5175&lon=-84.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6887V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6887V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (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 M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 68 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150202000939I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N6887V DEPARTED (RNP) ENROUTE TO (GDW). DURING LANDING PHASE PILOT HAD UNSAFE GEAR INDICATAION AND POPPED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER. PILOT RE-SET C/B AND CYCLED GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. HE DEPARTED PATTERN AND ELECTED TO FLY TO (MBS). HE NOTIFIED MBS TOWER AND PERFORMED FLYBY TO VERIFY GEAR NOT DOWN. PILOT TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR WITH GEAR CRANK HANDLE. GEAR CRANK HANDLE BROKE. PILOT DECIDED TO DO GEAR UP LANDING AT MBS BEFORE DARK. HE LANDED RUNWAY 23 AND SKIDDED APPROX. 50 FEET. PILOT AND ONE PAX EXITED AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO LOCAL FBO HANGAR.

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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