# Accident 20250930016169A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Watertown, WI, September 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2025, 09:00 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Location: 43.1663° N, 88.7280° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1663&lon=-88.7280&mi=10
- Aircraft: N814, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 598 total, 9 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA404) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250930016169A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN25LA404](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA404), Sep 30, 2025: Cirrus SR20 (N814), Watertown, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to maintain control of the airplane following the student pilot’s bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action…

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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