# N231DS: Mooney M20K, registration cancelled 1998-08-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 28, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Mooney M20K](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (registry code 5870220)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 250127
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: June 3, 1988
- Last registry action: July 15, 1998
- Mode S code: A20C93
- Owner when cancelled: [Jack David R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/JACK%20DAVID%20R)
- Location: [Andover, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Andover)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 45.2456° N, 93.2599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 55304, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231DS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=231DS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231DS-1998-08-28

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Mooney M20K: https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k.md

## NTSB investigations (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 FTW98FA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA088), Jan 7, 1998: Mooney M20K (N231DS), Vernon, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the loss of control during cruise flight for undetermined reasons.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 19980107000139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980107000139A), Jan 7, 1998: Mooney M20K (N231DS), Vernon, TX, Destroyed. Acft crashed und unk circum, pilot and one passenger suffered fatal inj, Vernon, TX. (-23) on January 7, 1998, at 11:50 a.m., a Mooney-20-K owned and operated…
- [Incident 19810915073349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810915073349I), Sep 15, 1981: Mooney M20K (N231DS), St Petersburg, FL, Minor damage. After landing rollout aircraft porpoised, nose gear broke, then left gear broke. No evidence of previous damage.

## Other aircraft with N231DS

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231DS): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, S/N 40.830, built 2007

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