# N5231B: 1956 Mooney M20, registration cancelled 2013-08-15

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 15, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Mooney M20](https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20) (registry code 5870202)
- Engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 2A3](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/2A3), [TCDS E-274](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-274) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1094
- Year built: 1956
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard
- Airworthiness date: November 24, 1956
- Certificate issued: November 4, 1997
- Last registry action: November 30, 2000
- Mode S code: A69690
- Owner when cancelled: [E C Pacific Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/E%20C%20PACIFIC%20INC)
- Location: [Las Vegas, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Las%20Vegas)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.1512° N, 115.1094° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 89104, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5231B
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5231B
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5231B-2013-08-15

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 M20: https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20.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 LAX98FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98FA039), Nov 15, 1997: Mooney M20 (N5231B), Big Bear, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (VMC), which led to spatial disorientation, loss of aircraft control, and an uncontrolled descent into terrain. Related factors were:…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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 19971115032989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971115032989A), Nov 15, 1997: Mooney M20 (N5231B), Big Bear, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. VFR pilot departed into IMC. Lost control in steer turn exiting. Low clouds(.4) the pilot performed a preflight inspection and taxied in an easterly direction…

## Other aircraft with N5231B

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5231B): Talos Drones T60X, S/N 2104F7EZW255P001UL7M

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