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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20R · San Antonio, TX · February 23, 2013

Date
February 23, 2013 · 11:20 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1026F
Reported as
Mooney M20R
Reported engine
Continental IO-550 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
630 total602 in this make and model8 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.

After landing and during the roll out, the pilot mistakenly moved the landing gear handle instead of the flap handle.

The aircraft still had sufficient speed to allow the gear to retract.

Conditions were VMC and the runway was dry.

There was one passenger on board. The aircraft received minor damage and there were no injuries to the occupants.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING AND DURING THE ROLL OUT, THE PILOT MISTAKENLY MOVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE.

THE AIRCRAFT STILL HAD SUFFICIENT SPEED TO ALLOW THE GEAR TO RETRACT.

CONDITIONS WERE VMC AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY.

THERE WAS ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS.