# NTSB GAA25WA241: Mooney M20M, N42FA, Innsbruck, Austria, August 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 13, 2025, 12:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place: Innsbruck, Austria
- Coordinates: 47.259722, 11.340556
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2597&lon=11.3406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle des Bundes – Zivilluftfahrt
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200809
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA25WA241
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200809/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA25WA241

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Mooney M20M, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=5870222), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42FA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42FA), registered now, S/N 27-0279, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20M
- Registry model: [Mooney M20M](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20m) (registry code 5870222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27-0279
- Year built: 1999
- Engines: 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

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.

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