# Accident 19800802032819A: Mooney M20K, Mount Pleasant, TX, August 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1980, 20:45 local time
- Place: Mount Pleasant, TX
- Airport: Mount Pleasant
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0969° N, 94.9617° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNT PLEASANT RGNL (OSA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0969&lon=-94.9617&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N231U) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 31 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DRJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800802032819A

## Narrative

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

WING TIP STRUCK PARKED AIRPLANE WHILE TAXIING BACK FOR ANOTHER TAKE OFF. PILOT STATED TAXI WAS TOO FAST.

## 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 FTW80DRJ32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DRJ32), Aug 2, 1980: Mooney M20K (N231U), Mt. Pleasant, TX, 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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