# Accident 19870120000859A: Mooney M20C, Highgate, VT, January 20, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1987, 18:55 local time
- Place: Highgate, VT
- Airport: Franklin County State Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9389° N, 73.0971° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FRANKLIN COUNTY STATE (FSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9389&lon=-73.0971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3496X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3496X-1988-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 3 in this make and model, 67 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870120000859A

## Narrative

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

APPROACH TOO HIGH.ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. STRUCK TREES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. NO ENDORSEMENT FOR THE COMPLEX M2OC.

## 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 NYC87FA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA063), Jan 20, 1987: Mooney M20C (N3496X), Highgate, VT, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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