# Accident 19880809032319A: Mooney M20C, East Stroudsbur, PA, August 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1988, 11:00 local time
- Place: East Stroudsbur, PA
- Airport: Birchwood-Pocono Airpark Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0050° N, 75.1713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Stroudsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0050&lon=-75.1713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2HV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2HV-1989-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 673 total, 600 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA211) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880809032319A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LAND ON SHORT RUNWAY NO WIND. FLOATED,BEGAN BELATED GO AROUND AND HIT TREES.

## 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 NYC88LA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA211), Aug 9, 1988: Mooney M20C (N2HV), E. Stroudsburg, PA, destroyed

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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