Tue, Jan 27, 2004
Ouch....
Repeat after me... ANY
retractable gear abnormality means that SEVERE caution must be
employed until the bird is under the care of an A&P.
Apparently, a ground observer was asked to check the gear, so the
pilot may have had this in mind, but I can't emphasize strongly
enough that ANY abnormality... weird noises, slow gear cycling,
bulbs not illuminated properly, or just plain bad vibes, should be
treated like the emergency it may become--otherwise you may need
full power to taxi back to the ramp (grin).
** Report created 1/26/2004 Record 15 **
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 6932V Make/Model: MO20 Description: MO-20
Date: 01/24/2004 Time: 1930
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing:
N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: MOULTONBOROUGH State: NH Country: US
DESCRIPTION
ACFT DEPARTED, PILOT PLACED GEAR SELECTOR IN THE UP POSITION, GEAR
DID NOT RETRACT. PILOT RETURNED GEAR SELECTOR TO DOWN POSITION AND
MADE SEVERAL PASSES. GROUND OBSERVER REPORTED GEAR APPEARED TO BE
DOWN. ACFT LANDED AND GEAR COLLAPSED. MOULTONBOROUGH, NH
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: METAR KLCI 241935Z AUTO 31012G17KT 10SM CLR M14/M27 A2972
RMK A01
OTHER DATA
Activity: Pleasure Phase: Take-off Operation: General
Aviation
Departed: MOULTONBOROUGH NH 5 Dep Date: 01/24/2004 Dep. Time:
1920
Destination: MOULTONBOROUGH,NH 5M Flt Plan: NONE Wx Briefing:
N
Last Radio Cont: NONE Last Clearance: NONE
FAA FSDO: PORTLAND, ME (NE05) Entry date: 01/26/2004
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