# Incident 20150809013089I: Mooney M20J, Fort Lauderdale, FL, August 9, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2015, 12:13 local time
- Place: Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9142H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9142H) (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: 1,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150809013089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE TO NAPLES AIRPORT (KAPF) WHEN TRYING TO LAND AND SELECTING THE GEAR TO THE EXTENDED POSITION THE GEAR ACTUATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED AND LANDING GEAR STAYED IN THE UP POSITION, ALSO THE PILOT FOLLOWED HIS EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST BUT APPARENTLY THE EMERGENCY GEAR CABLE WAS JAMMED AND WOULD NOT MOVE THE GEAR DOWN, AT THAT TIME PILOT DECIDED TO BURN FUEL AND RETURN TO FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KFXE) AND PERFORM A GEAR UP LANDING. AIRCRAFT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT A REPAIR STATION UNDERGOING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE LANDING GEAR FAILURE. WILL ASK THE REPAIR STATION FOR AN MAINTENANCE DEFICIENCY REPORT (MDR).

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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