# Incident 20250912013989I: Mooney M20R, Waterford, MI, September 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2025, 02:08 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16RM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16RM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20R (registry code 5870225, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 151 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/20250912013989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT MISSED PUTTING THE GEAR DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING. WHILE IN THE FLARE, THE PASSENGER CALLED OUT GEAR. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT IT WAS TO LATE. THE PROP MADE CONTACT WITH RUNWAY 27L. THE PILOT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE SOUND OF THE GEAR WARNING HORN, WHICH WAS WORKING IN THE AIRCRAFT.

DAMAGE WAS MINOR TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE FUSELAGE UNDERSIDE RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE SKIN. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOOT STEP WAS DAMAGED. THE PROP WAS DESTROYED.

## Other reports on N16RM (1)

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

- [Incident 20200509021879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200509021879I), May 9, 2020: Mooney M20R (N16RM), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. On may 9, 2020, a Mooney M20R registered to [privacy data omitted], landed gear up at Las Cruces international airport, Las Cruces, new Mexico while on a local…

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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