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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Zephyrhills, FL · December 19, 2007

Date: December 19, 2007 · 15:40 local
Place: Zephyrhills, FL
Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N201KU
Reported as: Mooney M20J
Reported engine: Lycoming IO360LYC*
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,400 total1,850 in this make and model34 in the last 90 days

N201KURegistered now · Mooney M20JS/N 24-0476 · Built 1978 Airframe modelMooney M20J Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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) On December 19, 2007, at 15:40 EST, a Mooney, N201KU, operated by the pilot privacy data omitted sustained minor damage at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, Zephyrhills, Florida. This was a VFR pleasure flight from vandenberg airport to zephryhills. After landing and clearing the runway the pilot announced out loud that he was raising the flaps. The passenger thought he was talking to him and reached over and raised the gear handle. The airplane collapsed on the taxiway with minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 19, 2007, AT 15:40 EST, A MOONEY, N201KU, OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AT THE ZEPHYRHILLS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, ZEPHYRHILLS, FLORIDA. THIS WAS A VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT FROM VANDENBERG AIRPORT TO ZEPHRYHILLS. AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE RUNWAY THE PILOT ANNOUNCED OUT LOUD THAT HE WAS RAISING THE FLAPS. THE PASSENGER THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING TO HIM AND REACHED OVER AND RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE. THE AIRPLANE COLLAPSED ON THE TAXIWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE.