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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20M · Bend, OR · February 1, 2016

Date: February 1, 2016 · 22:00 local
Place: Bend, OR
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1086T
Reported as: Mooney M20M
Reported engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot

N1086TRegistered now · Mooney M20MS/N 27-0045 · Built 1990 Airframe modelMooney M20M Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

The operating pilot is also an A&P. After maintenance on a autopilot control he was performing a test flight. During the maintenance flight the auto pilot warning alarm continually sounded. Pilot was returning to ground to check out the system and did not differentiate that the gear up alarm was sounding instead of the autopilot alarm. During the confusion the pilot landed without extending the landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

THE OPERATING PILOT IS ALSO AN A&P. AFTER MAINTENANCE ON A AUTOPILOT CONTROL HE WAS PERFORMING A TEST FLIGHT. DURING THE MAINTENANCE FLIGHT THE AUTO PILOT WARNING ALARM CONTINUALLY SOUNDED. PILOT WAS RETURNING TO GROUND TO CHECK OUT THE SYSTEM AND DID NOT DIFFERENTIATE THAT THE GEAR UP ALARM WAS SOUNDING INSTEAD OF THE AUTOPILOT ALARM. DURING THE CONFUSION THE PILOT LANDED WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR.