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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Mackinac Island, MI · July 4, 2018

Date
July 4, 2018 · 10:45 local
Place
Mackinac Island, MI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N39252
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Aircraft while performing an approach to kmcd airport experienced an electrical problem (smoke/burnt odor in the cockpit). Pilot elected to land but the approach speed was too high and pilot executed a go around and retracted the landing gear. On the second approach after pilot selected gear down, but could not tell if the gear was down and locked. Many instruments indicated loss of electrical power. Aircraft made a normal approach and pilot discovered that the gear never extended, aircraft landed on its belly, and engine came to a sudden stop due to prop strike. Pilot and passengers exited the aircraft uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WHILE PERFORMING AN APPROACH TO KMCD AIRPORT EXPERIENCED AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM (SMOKE/BURNT ODOR IN THE COCKPIT). PILOT ELECTED TO LAND BUT THE APPROACH SPEED WAS TOO HIGH AND PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. ON THE SECOND APPROACH AFTER PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, BUT COULD NOT TELL IF THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. MANY INSTRUMENTS INDICATED LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND PILOT DISCOVERED THAT THE GEAR NEVER EXTENDED, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS BELLY, AND ENGINE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP DUE TO PROP STRIKE. PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.