# Incident 20250809011599I: Mooney M20J, Houston, TX, August 9, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2025, 11:52 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N201JK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201JK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,389 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250809011599I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND ON APPROACH FOR A LANDING. PILOT NOTED THE CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR THE GEAR CONTROL POPPED. A SECOND ATTEMPT TO EXTEND FAILED WITH THE SAME RESULT. THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE WAS ATTEMPTED, THIS ALSO FAILED TO EXTEND THE GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THE CRANK WOULD NOT MOVE. THE AIRPORT TOWER WAS ADVISED OF THE SITUATION, THE AIRSPACE WAS CLEARED AND THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES FOAMED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WITH NO INJURIES

## Other reports on N201JK (2)

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

- [Accident 20200605011779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200605011779A), Jun 5, 2020: Mooney M20J (N201JK), Healdsburg, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed on rwy 13 with a 15 knot swirling tailwind at Healdsburg muni airport. Started to leave the runway at the taxiway when the left main gear…
- [Incident 19810207014429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207014429I), Feb 7, 1981: Mooney M20J (N201JK), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. Pilot noticed loss of oil pressure during descent. Engine teardown disclosed oil pump gear tooth broken.

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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