20191007015389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Hereford, TX · October 7, 2019

Date: October 7, 2019 · 16:00 local
Place: Hereford, TX
Airport: Hereford Municipal.
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6306Q
Reported as: Mooney M20F
Reported engine: Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 848 total1 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

N6306QRegistered now · Mooney M20FS/N 670399 · Built 1967 Airframe modelMooney M20F Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During flight training with a CFI, the aircraft was landing at Hereford municipal airport (hrx) when the gear switch was moved to the down position the aircraft lost all electrical power.

The CFI took control of the aircraft and executed a go-around. They circled the airport and discovered the master circuit breaker and landing gear circuit breaker had popped. They reset the master breaker and regained radios. They reset the landing gear breaker, and it popped again.

They attempted to manually extend the landing gear. However, the landing gear deployed approximately one quarter of the way and stuck.

They landed the aircraft on runway 20 causing some skin damage to underside of aircraft, and propellers sustained substantial propeller strikes on both propeller blades.

As the FAA filed it

DURING FLIGHT TRAINING WITH A CFI, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT HEREFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HRX) WHEN THE GEAR SWITCH WAS MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION THE AIRCRAFT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL POWER.

THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THEY CIRCLED THE AIRPORT AND DISCOVERED THE MASTER CIRCUIT BREAKER AND LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED. THEY RESET THE MASTER BREAKER AND REGAINED RADIOS. THEY RESET THE LANDING GEAR BREAKER, AND IT POPPED AGAIN.

THEY ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. HOWEVER, THE LANDING GEAR DEPLOYED APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF THE WAY AND STUCK.

THEY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 20 CAUSING SOME SKIN DAMAGE TO UNDERSIDE OF AIRCRAFT, AND PROPELLERS SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL PROPELLER STRIKES ON BOTH PROPELLER BLADES.