47.4931° N, 122.2157° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 23, 2002 · 17:05 local
Place
Renton, WA
Airport
Renton Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9158Z
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total170 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days
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.
(-23) During landing pilot contacted ground hard enough to cause aircraft to bounce. Pilot tried to correct by raising flaps. Instead of acuating flaps pilot placed landing gear switch to gear up position causing landing gear to retract.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING LANDING PILOT CONTACTED GROUND HARD ENOUGH TO CAUSE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE. PILOT TRIED TO CORRECT BY RAISING FLAPS. INSTEAD OF ACUATING FLAPS PILOT PLACED LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO GEAR UP POSITION CAUSING LANDING GEAR TO RETRACT.