20250930016169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR20 · Watertown, WI · September 30, 2025

Date
September 30, 2025 · 09:00 local
Place
Watertown, WI
Airport
Watertown Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N814
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA404
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR20
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
598 total9 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

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 was on a training flight with a CFI and student onboard. Aircraft was landing at ryv. While touching down on the runway aircraft bounced and became airborne. Aircraft landed again and bounced a second time. Instructor attempted a go around. The plane came back down and landed on the right side of the runway hitting one of the runway lights. After touchdown the aircraft exited the runway, spun and came to rest tail first in the trees.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS ON A TRAINING FLIGHT WITH A CFI AND STUDENT ONBOARD. AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT RYV. WHILE TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BECAME AIRBORNE. AIRCRAFT LANDED AGAIN AND BOUNCED A SECOND TIME. INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. THE PLANE CAME BACK DOWN AND LANDED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY HITTING ONE OF THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY, SPUN AND CAME TO REST TAIL FIRST IN THE TREES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.