# Accident 20251216019789A: Mooney M20E, Gonzales, LA, December 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2025, 09:37 local time
- Place: Gonzales, LA
- Airport: Louisiana Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1731° N, 90.9415° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1731&lon=-90.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9081V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9081V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20E (registry code 5870212, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,665 total, 447 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251216019789A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING AT KREG, LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT IN GONZALES, LA. THE PILOT HAD TO PERFORM A "GO AROUND" ON THE FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT DUE TO BEING TOO HIGH ON FINAL APPROACH. DURING THE SECOND LANDING ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF OF THE RUNWAY, AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AND WENT INTO A NOSE UP ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED A THIRD TIME AND WAS IN A SEVERE NOSE UP ATTITUDE. AT THIS POINT, THE PIC FLYING IN THE RIGHT SEAT TOOK CONTROL. THE PIC APPLIED FULL POWER TO THE ENGINE AND COMMANDED THE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT TO BRING GEAR AND FLAPS UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM A "GO AROUND". WITH LOW AIRSPEED AND A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK, THE LEFT WING STALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SPIN TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT THROUGH A WILDLIFE FENCE AND CAME TO REST JUST INSIDE THE TREE LINE BORDERING THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. BOTH PILOT AND COPILOT WERE UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND BROUGHT TO THE PILOT'S HANGAR ON THE AIRPORT.

## 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 CEN26LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA063), Dec 16, 2025: Mooney M20E (N9081V), Gonzales, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper pitch control that resulted in a hard landing, and his improper recovery from multiple bounced landings. Contributing to the accident was the safety pilot’s delayed response to…

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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