# N231MW: 1979 Mooney M20K, registration cancelled 2025-01-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 8, 2025
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Mooney M20K](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (registry code 5870220)
- Engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3), [TCDS E9CE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E9CE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 25-0200
- Year built: 1979
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: July 31, 1979
- Certificate issued: April 17, 2023
- Last registry action: April 17, 2023
- Mode S code: A20D5F
- Owner when cancelled: [Gibbons Brett](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GIBBONS%20BRETT)
- Location: [The Villages, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/The%20Villages)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 28.8351° N, 81.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 32163, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231MW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=231MW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231MW-2025-01-08

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 (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 (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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