Dustoff49

Sarasota Avionics got it done !!! New retraction tubes fabricated and a complete re-rig and testing on the landing gear. Flew it out today.

Pre-buy and Annual were done prior to the purchase as one event. Throughbred Aviation in Lexington. Unfortunately I was not on site when pre-buy was complete and relied on the Broker. Fortunately Sarasota Avionics is doing a once over on the Aircraft while there and the 2025 Annual is scheduled with them.

Been almost a month since I started this thread. Had some delays with work but finally got the Ovation up on Jack Stands and Belly Pans off. I am located in Brooksville, FL and Flew it "Slowly" to Venice, FL (Sarasota Avionics). There Main Hangar down there is a Mooney Service center. After some consult with Don Maxwell this is where I decided to go. Dan and Dave there immediately began troubleshooting. The Black collar was indeed jammed on the jackscrew against the motor housing. The Motor is fine. That is the good news. Bad news is both Landing gear Main Tubes (may not be proper name) are bent. Right one was bent very bad. Left one slightly. These have been bent just didn't know it. Whoever had serviced the landing gear rigging in the past didn't noticed and adjusted around the bent tubes. Adjustments were marked with a sharpie on tubes.... Amazing. They had them out of adjustment so far it stressed the rod end links on the front of the rods (where the cotter pins go through) and they used safety wire through the cotter pin centers to take up slack. So...... This entire event was a blessing in disguise. Failure of the tubes rod end was imminent ! So the plane sits in Venice till new tubes arrive and a re-rig of the entire landing gear. The good news is Mooney actually has had so many request for these tubes they are about 1 week out from new build up completions . Sorry for the long winded post. Thanks

Meanwhile I had to order some Mooney jack pads to screw in they show up today. I emailed with Don Maxwell and my actuator is so jammed I can't get it to free up the cable with the latch down to release the tension on the motor. He said I will need to remove the cable end and cover to expose the end of the shaft to use an extension and ratchet to free it up if the level won't release it. Once it is freed up you should be able to raise the lever up slightly grab the "T" put latch back in disengage position and pull on the "T" with little to no resistance. Hope to get this fixed soon. Thanks

I was considering the same jamming issue has happened. I am hoping nothing was damaged. I have yet to find an exact explanation or good picture of the small cables the latch and T handle engage. To be clear the 'T handle' was never pulled or moved. But the diagram I have states flipping the latch up vertical is what engages the motor to manually pump the T handle so makes sense this has been jammed. Thanks !

Hello All ! My first post. Bought N2126S July 24. Great flying aircraft ! No issues after pre-buy/Annual June 24. FL based, flew to Ocala for Dinner last weekend. Upon departure the gear would not retract, immediate Gear actuator CB (7.5amp) pops. Reset tried again and same issue. No Horn or gear unsafe light. Flying to home base 15 mins away so left gear down and locked. And of course seatbelt caught the Emergency Gear Latch... I didn't check it in flight but found it up after landing. Researched it read the post, etc. So figured relatching it would fix the issue. Today I took a quick around the pattern flight and had the same issue. Retract fail , No horn or gear unsafe light, CB Pops. Immediately checked that the latch was secure on emergency gear and it was. Reset it attempted gear down. Same. I didn't try the bypass button. Figured its down and locked. Back to hangar and going on jack stands. Any recommendations? Thanks, Jon L