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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · St Augustine, FL · May 22, 1996

Date: May 22, 1996 · 18:20 local
Place: St Augustine, FL
Airport: St Augustine
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9KS
Reported as: Mooney M20J
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 490 total8 in this make and model36 in the last 90 days

N9KSRegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-3388 · Built 1996 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&CReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on may 22, 1996, at approximately 1745 EDT, pilot in command shawn m. mcgehee and one other occupant departed nas jacksonville airport in Mooney N9KS and flew to st. Augustine, Florida (sgj). Upon arrival at the st. Augustine airport, Mr. Mcgehee entered the traffic pattern for runway 13 for the purpose of practicing touch and go landings. Mr. Mcgehee stated that during one of the touch and go landings, he inadvertently raised the landing gear switch rather than the flap switch while the aircraft was still on the ground. The aircraft settled on to the runway and sustained minor damage to the propeller, wing flaps and belly skin.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 22, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 EDT, PILOT IN COMMAND SHAWN M. MCGEHEE AND ONE OTHER OCCUPANT DEPARTED NAS JACKSONVILLE AIRPORT IN MOONEY N9KS AND FLEW TO ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA (SGJ). UPON ARRIVAL AT THE ST. AUGUSTINE AIRPORT, MR. MCGEHEE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 13 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. MR. MCGEHEE STATED THAT DURING ONE OF THE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, HE INADVERTENTLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH RATHER THAN THE FLAP SWITCH WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TO THE RUNWAY AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WING FLAPS AND BELLY SKIN.