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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Brenham, TX · May 4, 2025

Date
May 4, 2025 · 18:38 local
Place
Brenham, TX
Airport
Brenham Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6870V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot interview: pilot stated after returning to 11R entered the pattern landing on rwy 16 and continued as normal. On final, gear horn did not sound and did not realize anything was wrong until after touch not landing gear was not down. Aircraft skidded on the runway and came to a stop with the nose pointed to the right (east). Pilot claimed the landing gear circuit braker was popped which cause the landing gear not to cycle.

Inspector spoke with a witness to the aircraft recovery. He said when the aircraft was raised up, the circuit breaker was reset and the landing gear operated normally.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT INTERVIEW: PILOT STATED AFTER RETURNING TO 11R ENTERED THE PATTERN LANDING ON RWY 16 AND CONTINUED AS NORMAL. ON FINAL, GEAR HORN DID NOT SOUND AND DID NOT REALIZE ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL AFTER TOUCH NOT LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP WITH THE NOSE POINTED TO THE RIGHT (EAST). PILOT CLAIMED THE LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BRAKER WAS POPPED WHICH CAUSE THE LANDING GEAR NOT TO CYCLE.

INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH A WITNESS TO THE AIRCRAFT RECOVERY. HE SAID WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED UP, THE CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS RESET AND THE LANDING GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY.