# Accident 20251217020679A: Mooney M20J, Silver Springs, NV, December 17, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2025, 12:30 local time
- Place: Silver Springs, NV
- Airport: Silver Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4107° N, 119.2327° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4107&lon=-119.2327&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20J (registry code 5870219, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,433 total, 220 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA064) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251217020679A

## Narrative

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

AICRAFT LEFT LAKE HAVASU, AZ HEADED TO FLORENCE, OR WITH A FUEL STOP IN SILVER SPRINGS, NV. AWOS WAS OUT AND NOTED IN THE NOTAMS. PILOT CONTACTED FALLON FOR AN ALTIMETER SETTING. PILOT MADE HIS APPROACH TO SILVER SPRINGS ON RUNWAY 6. WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 238 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. PILOT WAS LANDING WITH A VERY STRONG TAILWIND. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND PROCEDURE BUT WAS UNABLE TO GAIN ANY ALTITUDE DUE TO THE STRONG TAILWIND. WITNESS STATED THAT HE WAS NO HIGHER THAN ABOUT 100 FEET OFF THE GROUND. PILOT SAW A HOUSING AREA IN FRONT OF HIM AND DECIDED TO TURN LEFT TO THE NORTH. WHEN HE MADE THAT MANUVER AND CAME CROSSWIND, HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTIAN ALTITUDE AND CONTACTED THE GROUND IN A FIELD JUST TO THE EAST OF THE AIRFIELD. THE LEFT WING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AS IT MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CARTWHEELED. PART OF A BARBED WIRE FENCE WRAPPED AROUND THE PROPELLER CAUSING AN ABRUPT STOP UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT AND PASSANGER WERE BOTH SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED FROM THE COCKPIT BY RESCUE CREWS AND WERE TRANSPORTED VIA HELICOPTER TO A HOSPITAL IN RENO, NV. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER SURVIVED AND ARE RECOVERING. THE PILOT HAD HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DENIED BY CAMI DUE TO SUBSTANTIAL MEDICAL ISSUES NOT REVEALED TO AME. AN EIR WAS FILED BUT NOT ISSUED. LEGAL RETURNED IT TO CAMI. PILOT MADE NO MENTION OF THE DENIED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE IN HIS INITIAL STATEMENT TO THE FAA. AN INTERVIEW IS PENDING WITH THE PILOT TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. AN LOI, PBR AND PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT ARE BEING SENT TO THE MISHAP PILOT AND AN EIR HAS BEEN OPENED FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT WITH A DENIED MEDICAL.

## 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 WPR26LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA064), Dec 17, 2025: Mooney M20J (N87PM), Silver Springs, NV, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

## Other reports on N87PM (1)

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

- [Incident 20160707011859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160707011859I), Jul 7, 2016: Mooney M20J (N87PM), Lincoln, CA, Minor damage. On the 7th of July, N87PM with the gear in the up position at lhm. There were no injuries sustained.

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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