# Incident 20200510012549I: Mooney M20E, Morristown, NJ, May 10, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2020, 14:37 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N480Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N480Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 1,787 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200510012549I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN TOUCHING DOWN ON RUNWAY 23, THE LEFT SIDE FELT WOBBLY. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR HAD ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN. THE LEFT SIDE WAS PUSHING FORWARD, TURNING THE AIRPLANE TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT STEERED AGAINST THAT, TO THE LEFT, TO STAY ON THE CENTERLINE. THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG. HE CONTINUED TRYING TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT AT THIS POINT THE AIRPLANE WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT AWAY FROM THE CENTERLINE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE LANDING GEAR WERE EXTRACTED AND CARRIED WEIGHT, AND THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED.

ACCORDING TO MAINTENANCE RECORDS, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WAS RIGGED ON APRIL 9, 2020, ONE MONTH PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THIS WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT SINCE MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE LANDING GEAR.

INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOR AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR A FERRY PERMIT BY A MAINTENANCE SHOPS SHOWS SIGNS THAT THE RIGGING MAY NEED TO BE READJUSTED.

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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