# Incident 20180707009309I: Mooney M20F, Smithville, OH, July 7, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2018, 10:06 local time
- Place: Smithville, OH
- Airport: Wayne County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8748° N, 81.8883° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAYNE COUNTY (BJJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8748&lon=-81.8883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2980L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2980L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20F (registry code 5870214, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20F
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180707009309I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM WAYNE COUNTY AT 0930. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PILOT DID NOT SEE THE CORRECT INDICATION FOR LANDING GEAR UP AND STORED. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. FLEW BY THE TOWER MANY TIMES TO SEE IF GEAR WAS DOWN. REPORTED FROM TOWER THAT GEAR WAS ONLY HALF WAY DOWN. AFM STATES THAT YOU NEED TO PULL THE CIRCUIT BREAKER BEFORE TRYING TO MANNUALLY CRANK DOWN THE GEAR. PILOT COULD NOT GET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER OUT. LANDED AIRCRAFT ON BELLY ON CENTER OF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N2980L (1)

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

- [Incident 19890527013149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890527013149I), May 27, 1989: Mooney M20F (N2980L), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Pilot accidently retracted gear instead of flaps on rollout. Minor damage to aircraft.

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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