20070629010519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · The Dalles, OR · June 29, 2007

Date
June 29, 2007 · 17:15 local
Place
The Dalles, OR
Airport
Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231KJ
Reported as
Mooney M20K
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
590 total150 in this make and model37 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) N231KJ, a Mooney-20-K, was on a VFR flight from missoula, mt to troutdale, Oregon. The weather was deteriorating at troutdale and he elected to land at The Dalles. The weather was good VFR with some gusty winds mostly down runway 30. Winds were approximately 18 knots, gusting to 30. Upon rollout, the pilot admits to being distracted looking at the windsock to analyze the wind since it was gusty. He elected to raise the flaps which were set at 10 degrees. Instead of raising the flaps, he admits to inadvertently raising the gear handle. The gear collapsed and the aircraft slid about 80 feet causing damage to the propeller, cowl flaps and some underbelly damage. With coordination with the NTSB (dunks), this has been classified as an incident. The pilot has been counseled. No other accident, incidents or violations existed with this pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N231KJ, A MOONEY-20-K, WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM MISSOULA, MT TO TROUTDALE, OREGON. THE WEATHER WAS DETERIORATING AT TROUTDALE AND HE ELECTED TO LAND AT THE DALLES. THE WEATHER WAS GOOD VFR WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS MOSTLY DOWN RUNWAY 30. WINDS WERE APPROXIMATELY 18 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 30. UPON ROLLOUT, THE PILOT ADMITS TO BEING DISTRACTED LOOKING AT THE WINDSOCK TO ANALYZE THE WIND SINCE IT WAS GUSTY. HE ELECTED TO RAISE THE FLAPS WHICH WERE SET AT 10 DEGREES. INSTEAD OF RAISING THE FLAPS, HE ADMITS TO INADVERTENTLY RAISING THE GEAR HANDLE. THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 80 FEET CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, COWL FLAPS AND SOME UNDERBELLY DAMAGE. WITH COORDINATION WITH THE NTSB (DUNKS), THIS HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. THE PILOT HAS BEEN COUNSELED. NO OTHER ACCIDENT, INCIDENTS OR VIOLATIONS EXISTED WITH THIS PILOT.