FlightFollowerBelly Landing of Mooney M20J at Houston
Accident facts and aircraft context
On 9 August 2025, a Mooney M20J, registration N201JK, was involved in a landing accident at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport in Houston, Texas.
All six occupants survived. The aircraft sustained damage associated with the gear-up landing, including the lower airframe and gear-door area.
The available record does not establish a final NTSB probable cause for this event.
Purpose of the flight
Local operation returning to the departure airport.
Flight sequence and key events
All six occupants on board escaped without injury, and the aircraft sustained only minor damage.
The flight was a local operation, departing from and returning to the same airport
This was a landing accident, not a fatal emergency. The aircraft was brought to a stop and all six occupants survived. The investigative record places the decisive event during the landing roll, when directional control was lost.
Investigation findings
A contemporary local report described the event as an emergency gear-up landing at David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport after the landing gear failed to deploy. It reported that the aircraft touched down on Runway 35L and slid to a stop without the propeller contacting the pavement. The available record does not establish a final NTSB causal finding for this 2025 event.
What the record establishes
No final NTSB probable-cause finding is established in the available record. The documented event is a landing-gear failure followed by a gear-up landing.
- Incident date
- 9 August 2025
- Aircraft / registration
- Mooney M20J 201 — N201JK
- Investigation status
- Public accident record / aircraft incident record