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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20J · Crestview, FL · June 1, 2020

Date
June 1, 2020 · 08:30 local
Place
Crestview, FL
Airport
Bob Sikes
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N123PA
Reported as
Mooney M20J
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,268 total168 in this make and model1 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.

While the aircraft was taxiing south on the taxiway the aircraft was nearly stopped when the pilot accidentally raised the gear handle causing the gear to partially retract.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING SOUTH ON THE TAXIWAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY STOPPED WHEN THE PILOT ACCIDENTALLY RAISED THE GEAR HANDLE CAUSING THE GEAR TO PARTIALLY RETRACT.

Other reports on N123PA · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.