# Incident 19980105002659I: Mooney M20J, Kamuela, HI, January 5, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1998, 18:35 local time
- Place: Kamuela, HI
- Airport: Waimea Kohala Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.0013° N, 155.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WAIMEA-KOHALA (MUE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.0013&lon=-155.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66201, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66201-2019-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,707 total, 957 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980105002659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED THAT AS HE APPROACHED KAMUELA AIRPORT HE REQUESTED WINDS FOR KONA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KOA) FROM HONOLULU CENTER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 17, THE NORMAL TRADEWINDS RUNWAY AT KONA. KONA, ALTHOUGH 30 MILES AWAY, WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT WITH WEATHER REPORTING CAPABILITY. ACCORDINGLY, PILOT ANTICIPATED THE NORMAL TRADEWINDS RUNWAY 4 APPROACH TO KAMUELA. ON RIGHT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 4, HE LOOKED FOR THE WINDSOCKS AT THE ENDS OF RUNWAY 4 AND 22, BUT THEY WERE UNLIGHTED AND NOT VISIBLE. CROSSING THE THRESHOLD ON RUNWAY 4, PILOT REALIZED THE WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 22 AND EXECUTED A MISSED APPROACH. HE THEN REPORTEDLY RAISED THE LANDING GEAR FOR THE GO-AROUND PROCEDURE, BUT DUE TO COCKPIT DISTRACTIONS "...JUST PLAIN FORGOT TO LOWER THE GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING..." ON RUNWAY 22 AT KAMUELA.

## Other reports on N66201 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180920013889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180920013889A), Sep 20, 2018: Mooney M20J (N66201), Kalaeloa, HI, Substantial damage. Mooney N66201 requested short approach to runway 22L, on departure the aircraft lost power and went down landed with gear up approximately 500 feet from the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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