# N231MW: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: January 8, 2025
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=231MW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231MW

## Aircraft that carried N231MW

- [Cancelled 2025-01-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231MW-2025-01-08): Mooney M20K, S/N 25-0200, built 1979. Owner: [Gibbons Brett](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GIBBONS%20BRETT), [The Villages, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/The%20Villages)

## NTSB investigations on N231MW (2)

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 CEN25LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA021), Oct 17, 2024: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Elizabeth, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to set the engine fuel mixture to the required setting, which resulted in reduced engine power during a go-around and subsequent impact with trees. Contributing to the accident,…
- [NTSB LAX87FA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87FA198), Apr 30, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Long Beach, CA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N231MW (3)

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.

- [Accident 20241017017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017017339A), Oct 17, 2024: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231MW), Elizabeth, LA, Destroyed. PIC was performing a landing on runway 18, upon touch down the aircraft bounced twice and PIC executed a go around. On climb out the aircraft crashed into the…
- [Incident 20030328005139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030328005139I), Mar 28, 2003: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Grants, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On March 28, 2003, at 1850 MST, a Mooney M-20K, N231MW, operated by the owner, lost power while in cruise during a personal cross-country flight near…
- [Accident 19870430013169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430013169A), Apr 30, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation on ILS short final. Struck building. Fuel selector on empty tank. Not signed off for filing IFR.

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