# Incident 19800116017359I: Mooney M20K, Blairsville, GA, January 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Blairsville, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8770° N, 83.9520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blairsville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8770&lon=-83.9520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231GQ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231GQ-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20K (registry code 5870220, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-360 series (registry code 17019, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32 total, 32 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800116017359I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE BAD LANDING. RESULTED IN NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N231GQ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800306005609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800306005609A), Mar 6, 1980: Mooney M20K (N231GQ), Blairsville, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Departed into ground fog in area. Struck trees on top of fog-shrouded mountain.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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