- Date
- October 7, 1990, 19:21 local (23:21 UTC)
- Place
- Greensboro, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9315VMooney M20E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8348
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Probable cause
The failure of the rubber/metal coupling in the landing gear actuator assembly, which resulted in the inability of the pilot to lower and lock the landing gear.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was in preparation for landing when he was unable to get a down and locked indication on the landing gear. After maneuvering the aircraft, the gear appeared to be visually down, however no down and locked indication was shown in the cockpit. Upon touchdown, all three gear collapsed. The investigation revealed that a rubber/metal coupling in the landing gear actuator assembly had failed, disabling normal and alternate gear extension capability.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9315V
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 700008
- Airframe hours
- 1,518
- Engine
- Lycoming IO 360 A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hal D. Allman, Sr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1990 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- RUQ · Salisbury, NC
- Destination
- GSO
- Airport
- GSO · Piedmont Triad Int'L, runway 14, 6,380 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 968 total · 104 in this make and model · 968 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSO
Other investigations on N9315V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.