# Incident 19811013076089I: Mooney M20K, Colorado Spring, CO, October 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 1981, 07:15 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231JD-2026-02-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 27 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811013076089I

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON NOSE WHEEL, PORPOISED. MADE GO AROUND WITH HIGHER THAN NORMAL RPMS. PROPELLER DAMAGED FROM RUNWAY CONTACT

## Other reports on N231JD (1)

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

- [Accident 20171106023099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171106023099A), Nov 6, 2017: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231JD), Los Lunas, NM, Substantial damage. On November 6 2017 at 19:30 MDT a Mooney M20K, N231JD, registered to, [privacy data omitted] landed short of the runway at mid valley airpark, Los Lunas, new…

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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