# Incident 20200102004159I: Mooney M20C, Jacksonville, FL, January 2, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2020, 15:24 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Cecil Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2188° N, 81.8772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CECIL (VQQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2188&lon=-81.8772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5543Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5543Q-2022-07-02) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 3,425 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200102004159I

## Narrative

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

UPON APPROACHING THE AIRPORT PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT DISCONTINUED THE APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED EXTEND LANDING GEAR MANUALLY. THE USE OF THE MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL LEAVING THE PILOT NO OPTION BUT TO LAND WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.

## Other reports on N5543Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19960826032409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960826032409I), Aug 26, 1996: Mooney M20C (N5543Q), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: Mr. Gunn is owner of N5543Q & the pilot during this incident. He had one non-pilot passenger aboard the aircraft. On the morning of August 26, 1996,…

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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