# Incident 20230708011199I: Mooney M20J, Des Moines, IA, July 8, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2023, 09:50 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201PL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201PL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230708011199I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN BUT REMAINED UNSAFE.  CHECKED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER, RECYCLED AND FOLLOWED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST TO LOWER THE GEAR BUT IT REMAINED UNSAFE AND THE FLOOR INDICATOR INDICATED IT WAS NOT DOWN. GROUND OBSERVATION ON FLY BY INDICATED GEAR PARTIALLY DOWN.  CONTINUED TO WORK THE CHECKLIST SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND ANOTHER FLY BY CONFIRMED NO CHANGES IN THE LANDING GEAR.  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND ONE LAST FLY BY THEN LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.

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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