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M20 pilot reported the nose and main gear collapsed during taxi following the failure of a nose gear connecting rod.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1403422 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201611 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 B/C Ranger |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Landing Gear |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 1250 Flight Crew Type 60 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft |
Narrative:
Nose gear collapsed during taxi; and then both main gear collapsed. This mooney has a manual gear johnson bar which was verified locked in the gear down position. A nose gear connecting rod snapped which caused the gear to collapse.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: M20 pilot reported the nose and main gear collapsed during taxi following the failure of a nose gear connecting rod.
Narrative: Nose gear collapsed during taxi; and then both main gear collapsed. This Mooney has a manual gear Johnson bar which was verified locked in the gear down position. A nose gear connecting rod snapped which caused the gear to collapse.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.