SPRINGFIELD, MO, USA
N3386X
MOONEY M20F
THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEARS COLLAPSED WHILE THE PILOT WAS TAXIING IN FROM LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 AND HAD BEGUN A RIGHT TURN ONTO A TAXIWAY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR AND THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED. THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS FOUND IN THE GEAR RETRACTED POSITION. THE PILOT SAID THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING BUT THE GEAR HANDLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LATCHED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE PILOT ALSO SAID HE DID NOT HEAR THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE WARNING HORN DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE. AN FAA INSPECTOR SAID THE WARNING HORN WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR LATCH MECHANISM DID NOT REVEAL ANY DEFICIENCIES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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