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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