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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Mooney M20K · Punta Gorda, FL · September 7, 2025

Date
September 7, 2025 · 18:09 local
Place
Punta Gorda, FL
Airport
Punta Gorda
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N231GC
Reported as
Mooney M20K
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,169 total

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.

Aircraft made its approach to runway 22 at Punta Gorda Airport, but as it touched down, the landing gear unexpectedly collapsed. This failure was attributed to a tripped gear motor circuit breaker

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE ITS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 22 AT PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT, BUT AS IT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY COLLAPSED. THIS FAILURE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A TRIPPED GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER