# Accident 19800702024799A: Mooney M20C, Mount Union, PA, July 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mount Union, PA
- Airport: Mount Union
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3177° N, 77.8761° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mount Union Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3177&lon=-77.8761&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7173V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7173V-1980-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 572 total, 22 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FGT15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGT15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800702024799A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO GO AROUND TOO LATE. HIT A TREE ON GO-AROUND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 NYC80FGT15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FGT15), Jul 2, 1980: Mooney M20C (N7173V), Mt Union, PA, substantial damage

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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