GENERAL INFORMATION
| Data Source |
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT DATABASE |
| Report Number |
20031030030799I |
| Local Date |
30-OCT-03 |
| City |
TOMS RIVER |
| State |
NJ |
| Airport Name |
ROBERT J. MILLER AIR PARK |
| Event Type |
INCIDENT |
| Mid Air Collision |
NOT A MIDAIR |
AIRCRAFT INFORMATION
| Aircraft Damage |
MINOR |
| Aircraft Make |
MOONEY |
| Aircraft Model |
M20S |
| Aircraft Series |
NO SERIES EXISTS |
| Airframe Hrs |
960 |
| Primary Flight Type |
PERSONAL |
| Secondary Flight Type |
PLEASURE |
| Type of Operation |
GENERAL OPERATING RULES |
| Registration Nbr |
2234X |
| Total Aboard |
2 |
| Fatalities |
0 |
| Injuries |
0 |
| Aircraft Weight Class |
UNDER 12501 LBS |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
Environmental/Operations Info
| Primary Flight Conditions |
VISUAL FLIGHT RULES |
| Secondary Flight Conditions |
WEATHER NOT A FACTOR |
| Flight Plan Filed |
UNKNOWN |
Pilot In Command
| Pilot Certificates |
COMMERCIAL PILOT |
| Pilot Rating |
AIRPLANE SINGLE, MULTI-ENGINE LAND |
| Pilot Qualification |
QUALIFIED |
| Flight Time Total Hours |
1597 |
| Total in Make/Model |
689 |
| Total in Last 90 days |
64 |
Event Remarks
(-23) LANDING GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT GEAR UP. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BELLY PAN, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS, AND PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED AND THE GEAR WAS TESTED IN NORMAL AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS. GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN EITHER POSITION. DISCONNECTED GEAR LINKAGE FROM THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR AND THE GEAR FREELY MOVED TO THE DOWN POSITION. DISASSEMBLED THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR. FOUND THE TABS HAD BROKEN OFF THE NO BACK CLUTCH SPRING PREVENTING THE GEAR FROM MOVING IN EITHER NORMAL OR EMERGENCY POSITION.
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