# Incident 20070629010519I: Mooney M20K, The Dalles, OR, June 29, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2007, 17:15 local time
- Place: The Dalles, OR
- Airport: Columbia Gorge Regional/The Dalles
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6194° N, 121.1683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIA GORGE RGNL/THE DALLES MUNI (DLS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6194&lon=-121.1683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231KJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231KJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 590 total, 150 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070629010519I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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