# Incident 20251101017299I: Mooney M20J, Woodlake, CA, November 1, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2025, 16:15 local time
- Place: Woodlake, CA
- Airport: Woodlake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3988° N, 119.1068° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOODLAKE (O42), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3988&lon=-119.1068&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4452H, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4452H) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 130 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251101017299I

## Narrative

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

N4452H FLEW INTO O42 WOODLAKE AND WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THE SHORTER RUNWAY. PIC PERFORMED A GO AROUND TO SURVEY THE RUNWAY. UPON LANDING, PIC FORGOT TO DEPLOY HIS LANDING GEAR AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH HIS GEAR UP.

## Other reports on N4452H (3)

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

- [Accident 20260523006839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260523006839A), May 23, 2026: Mooney M20J (N4452H), Woodlake, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft had been stationed at Woodlake Airport undergoing extensive airframe repairs and an engine inspection following a gear-up landing and…
- [Accident 19810423018479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810423018479A), Apr 23, 1981: Mooney M20J (N4452H), Norwalk, IA, Substantial damage. Aircraft damaged during forced landing. Engine did not respond to throttle & pilot made emergency landing.
- [Incident 19790811030549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811030549I), Aug 11, 1979: Mooney M20J (N4452H), Steamboat Sprin, CO, Minor damage. During landing rollout, aircraft struck and killed a deer. Damage to cowling.

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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