# Incident 20030328005139I: Mooney M20K, Grants, NM, March 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 2003, 18:50 local time
- Place: Grants, NM
- Airport: Grants-Milan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1673° N, 107.9021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANTS-MILAN MUNI (GNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1673&lon=-107.9021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N231MW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N231MW-2025-01-08) (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 TSIO360GB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 923 total, 814 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030328005139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 28, 2003, AT 1850 MST, A MOONEY M-20K, N231MW, OPERATED BY THE OWNER, LOST POWER WHILE IN CRUISE DURING A PERSONAL CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT NEAR GRANTS, NM. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE DURING THE OFF-AIRPORT LANDING. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, ON MARCH 28, 2003, AT 1550 MST.

## Other reports on N231MW (2)

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

- [Accident 20241017017339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241017017339A), Oct 17, 2024: Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K (N231MW), Elizabeth, LA, Destroyed. PIC was performing a landing on runway 18, upon touch down the aircraft bounced twice and PIC executed a go around. On climb out the aircraft crashed into the…
- [Accident 19870430013169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870430013169A), Apr 30, 1987: Mooney M20K (N231MW), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. Fuel starvation on ILS short final. Struck building. Fuel selector on empty tank. Not signed off for filing IFR.

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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