# Incident 20240619009069I: Mooney M20J, Spring, TX, June 19, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2024, 16:00 local time
- Place: Spring, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0618° N, 95.5528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVID WAYNE HOOKS MEML (DWH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0618&lon=-95.5528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N144BY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N144BY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,610 total, 15 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240619009069I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 19TH TWO CERTIFIED PILOTS WERE CONDUCTING PATTERN WORK AT DWH AIRPORT.  PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND COMPLETED ONE SUCESSFULL TOUCH AND GO.  PILOT IN THE LEFT SET UP FOR A SECOND TOUCH AND GO AND AFTER TOUCHDOWN PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT STATED HE WAS GOING TO  HELP WITH FLAPS.  PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT SAW THE HAND OF THE RIGHT SEAT PILOT ON THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE INSTEAD OF FLAPS AND SHOUT "NOT GEAR HANDLE".  LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS ACCUATED AND AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH AIRSPEED TO CONTINUE FLIGHT.  DESPITE LEFT SEAT PILOT'S ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE AND THE GEAR COLLAPSED.  RIGHT SEAT PILOT ADMITTED IF STATMENT TO FAA INVESTIGATOR THAT HE PULLED THE LEVER.

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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