# Incident 19990628018749I: Mooney M20K, Gonzales, LA, June 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1999, 20:00 local time
- Place: Gonzales, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2127° N, 90.9224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gonzales, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2127&lon=-90.9224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231QH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231QH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,445 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990628018749I

## Narrative

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

(-5)PILOT WAS DISTRACTED ON FINAL APPROACH, AND FILED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N231QH (1)

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

- [Incident 19880806044119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806044119I), Aug 6, 1988: Mooney M20K (N231QH), Washington Isla, WI, Minor damage. Made a hard landing. Aircraft porpoised and came down nose first. Propeller struck runway bending the tips.

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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