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NTSB accident investigation · Mooney M20M · Innsbruck, Austria · August 13, 2025

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 13, 2025, 12:10 local (12:10 UTC)
Place
Innsbruck, Austria
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N42FAMooney M20M
Defining event
Landing: Landing gear not configured
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle des Bundes – Zivilluftfahrt
Case key
200809

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Findings · 1

NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.

Use of equip/info: use of equip/systemPersonnel issues › Task performance · PilotMooney M20M: 2 casesAll aircraft: 1,391 casesProbable cause

Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N42FA
Reported as
Mooney M20M
Category
Airplane
Serial number
27-0279
Built
1999
Engine
Lycoming TSIO-540, 270 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Private Individual
Registered owner
Euroaviation Inc Trustee
Airport
LOWI · Innsbruck Airport, runway 08, 6,562 × ft, asphalt

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.