# Incident 20060108001159I: Mooney M20J, Gaithersburg, MD, January 8, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2006, 13:58 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Arpk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201RF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201RF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 365 total, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060108001159I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GOES, HE RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS ON TAKEOFF. THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N201RF (1)

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

- [Accident 20221127019219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221127019219A), Nov 27, 2022: Mooney M20J (N201RF), Gaithersburg, MD, Destroyed. Aircraft was enroute to gai on an instrument flight plan. He showed sufficient difficulties with getting on a correct heading enroute that his controller found…

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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