# Incident 20050812017719I: Mooney M20J, New Braunfels, TX, August 12, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2005, 19:45 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1169N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1169N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A3B6 (registry code 41827, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a3b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 512 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050812017719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING INTO NEW BRAUNFELS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PILOT STATED WHILE RETRACTING FLAPS, THAT HE INADVERTENTLY HIT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER AND RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING, LEFT FLAP, FUSELAGE BELLY AREA AND ALL GEAR DOOR ASSEMBLIES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other reports on N1169N (2)

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

- [Incident 20260815012219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260815012219I), Aug 15, 2026: Mooney M20J (N1169N), Lampasas, TX, Minor damage. The pilot and CFI were conducting a flight review at the time of the incident. They were performing pattern work and had already completed two touch and go…
- [Incident 20220612017919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220612017919I), Jun 12, 2022: Mooney M20J (N1169N), Kyle, TX, Minor damage. After practice missed approach at khyi, applied power to climb. Leveled breifly at 3000' then cleared by ATC to 4000'. Pilots noticed rate of climb less than…

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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