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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20F · Glen Ullin, ND · September 2, 2007

Date
September 2, 2007 · 20:58 local
Place
Glen Ullin, ND
Airport
Glen Ullin Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7457V
Reported as
Mooney M20F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,745 total1,350 in this make and model25 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 stated on roll out after a normal landing he inadvertently placed the landing gear actuator handle to the up position instead of the flaps. Subsequently the left main gear retracted and the aircraft fell on the left wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED ON ROLL OUT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING HE INADVERTENTLY PLACED THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS. SUBSEQUENTLY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT FELL ON THE LEFT WINGTIP.