# Incident 20020810022739I: Mooney M20K, Sequim, WA, August 10, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: Sequim, WA
- Airport: Sequim Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0979° N, 123.1879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEQUIM VALLEY (W28), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0979&lon=-123.1879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231VM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231VM-2023-11-14) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020810022739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. DELRAY HAWKES, PILOT OF A MOONEY N231VM, FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND LANDED GEAR UP AT THE SEQUIM VALLEY AIRPORT, SEQUIM WA. STATEMTENT FROM THE PILOT INDICATES HE WAS DISTRACTED BY OTHER AIRCRAFT APPROACHING THE AIRPORT. MR. HAWKES WAS ALSO CONDUCTING A NO FLAP CROSSWIND LANDING WHICH WAS NOT A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR HIM.

## Other reports on N231VM (1)

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

- [Accident 20200214002559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200214002559A), Feb 14, 2020: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231VM), Minden, NV, Minor damage. Pilot stated he did not follow the check list prior to landing. He stated someone over the radio told him the gear was not down and he placed the gear selector…

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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