# Incident 20161213025049I: Mooney M20C, Lagrande, OR, December 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2016, 12:15 local time
- Place: Lagrande, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3240° N, 118.0855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Grande, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3240&lon=-118.0855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6831V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6831V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 932 total, 360 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161213025049I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN PRINEVILLE, OR. THE PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LAND IN LAGRANDE, OR. HE SELECTED GEAR DOWN. HE DID NOT HEAR ANY OF THE NORMAL GEAR EXTENSION SOUNDS AND DID NOT GET A GEAR DOWN LIGHT. HE CONTACTED THE FBO AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT HIS GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT TRIED TO LOWER THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES USING BOTH THE NORMAL SYSTEM AND THE EMERGENCY SYSTEM WITH NO CHANGE IN GEAR POSITION. HE THEN ELECTED TO LAND ON THE AIRPORT INFIELD. THE AIRPORT HAD APPROXIMATELY 1/2 INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. HE TOUCHED DOWN IN THE INFIELD GRASS AND SNOW PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 34 AFTER THE FIRST TAXIWAY INTERSECTION. THE AIRCRAFT SLID PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS COMING TO REST HEADING APPROXIMATELY 040. THE PILOT AND PASSANGER SECURED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISEMBARKED. AMENDED 05-17-2018, DURING THE AIRCRAFT REBUILD IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS CAUSED BY A BADLY WORN ELECTRIC MOTOR. THE FAILURE OF THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM WAS CAUSED BY A BADLY WORN AND BINDING ENGAGE/DISENGAGE GEAR SET. MOONEY SERVICE MANUAL DOES NOT HAVE INSPECTION OR REPLACEMENT CRITERIA FOR THESE COMPONENTS.

## Other reports on N6831V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200408002829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200408002829I), Apr 8, 2020: Mooney M20C (N6831V), Madras, OR, Minor damage. Pilot states that shortly after landing and while on rollout, all three landing gear collapsed while still on the runway. Pilot and a witness state that the…

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