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FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Ann Arbor, MI · September 2, 2019

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Date
September 2, 2019 · 15:33 local
Place
Ann Arbor, MI
Airport
Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5265P
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,495 total616 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days
N5265PRegistered now · Mooney M20KS/N 25-1186Airframe modelMooney M20K

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 owner was out practicing approaches and touch and go's. he had planned to do a tight pattern then touchdown to a full stop. The pilot stated things were happening quickly and he did not recall doing his normal set of gas, undercarriage, mixture, prop, switches (gumps). He also normally looks at the manual indicator between the seats. Lined up for touchdown on runway 24, the pilot heard the rear step start grinding and then a tick tick as the propeller started hitting the runway. Landing was completed and aircraft evacuated with no injuries. Pilot did not recall hearing the landing gear warning horn. Airplane was lifted off runway and gear was normally extended. Aircraft was towed to a maintenance hanger. FAA iic witnessed a gear swing the day following the incident. Gear retracted normally. Warning horn failed to sound when aircraft was intentionally put in configuration for aural warning indicating a failure of the warning horn system. Gear extended normally. Gear up an down warning lights functioned normally.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT OWNER WAS OUT PRACTICING APPROACHES AND TOUCH AND GO'S. HE HAD PLANNED TO DO A TIGHT PATTERN THEN TOUCHDOWN TO A FULL STOP. THE PILOT STATED THINGS WERE HAPPENING QUICKLY AND HE DID NOT RECALL DOING HIS NORMAL SET OF GAS, UNDERCARRIAGE, MIXTURE, PROP, SWITCHES (GUMPS). HE ALSO NORMALLY LOOKS AT THE MANUAL INDICATOR BETWEEN THE SEATS. LINED UP FOR TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 24, THE PILOT HEARD THE REAR STEP START GRINDING AND THEN A TICK TICK AS THE PROPELLER STARTED HITTING THE RUNWAY. LANDING WAS COMPLETED AND AIRCRAFT EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. PILOT DID NOT RECALL HEARING THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN. AIRPLANE WAS LIFTED OFF RUNWAY AND GEAR WAS NORMALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGER. FAA IIC WITNESSED A GEAR SWING THE DAY FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. GEAR RETRACTED NORMALLY. WARNING HORN FAILED TO SOUND WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS INTENTIONALLY PUT IN CONFIGURATION FOR AURAL WARNING INDICATING A FAILURE OF THE WARNING HORN SYSTEM. GEAR EXTENDED NORMALLY. GEAR UP AN DOWN WARNING LIGHTS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY.

Other reports on N5265P · 1

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

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