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Date
November 23, 2002 · 17:30 local
Place
Anderson, SC
Airport
Anderson County Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N690H
Reported as
Mooney M20J
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,345 total4,500 in this make and model12 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) Pilot reported that right at take-off the landing gear retracted and the propeller tips nicked the hard surface runway. The pilot elected to continue the climb out and noted the landing gear switch had been inadvertently placed to the up position. The aircraft was flown to destination airport and no further malfunction was reported.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT RIGHT AT TAKE-OFF THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE PROPELLER TIPS NICKED THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY. THE PILOT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE CLIMB OUT AND NOTED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH HAD BEEN INADVERTENTLY PLACED TO THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO DESTINATION AIRPORT AND NO FURTHER MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED.