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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Pensacola, FL · February 22, 2020

Date: February 22, 2020 · 10:00 local
Place: Pensacola, FL
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N103TP
Reported as: Mooney M20F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,144 total

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What happened

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

Pilot stated he was enroute (82J) to (06A) when on approach to (06A) the landing gear would not deploy. Aircraft did several low approaches with observers on the ground confirming the landing gear was not extended. Pilot stated he tried multiple times to extend the gear in normal and emergency modes. Pilot returned to (82J) and landed on a grass strip with the gear up little damage to the aircraft and no injuries. Maintenance personnel were able to extend the landing gear but could not determine why the gear would not extend in the normal mode.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS ENROUTE (82J) TO (06A) WHEN ON APPROACH TO (06A) THE LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT DEPLOY. AIRCRAFT DID SEVERAL LOW APPROACHES WITH OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND CONFIRMING THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. PILOT STATED HE TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES TO EXTEND THE GEAR IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY MODES. PILOT RETURNED TO (82J) AND LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP WITH THE GEAR UP LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE ABLE TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHY THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND IN THE NORMAL MODE.