# Incident 20250411003489I: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K, Tucson, AZ, April 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2025, 13:41 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1163U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1163U-2026-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP. M20K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,404 total, 984 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250411003489I

## Narrative

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

CFI WAS CONDUCTING A FLIGHT REVIEW FOR THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF ALL FLIGHT MANEUVERS, CFI HAD THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLY BACK TO KTUS. WHILE APPROACHING KTUS, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DIRECTED BY ATC INTO TWO 360-DEGREE TURNS ON THE DOWNWIND PRIOR TO TURNING TO BASE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTINUED STABILIZED APPROACH BUT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, UNTIL AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY SANK AND THE GEAR WARNING CAME ON. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DESCRIBED THAT AT THAT POINT, CLIMBING AGAIN WAS NOT AN OPTION, SO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO REDUCE POWER AND LAND GEAR UP TO AVOID VEERING OFF RUNWAY, ETC. POSSIBLY CAUSING MORE DAMAGE AND HARM.

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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