- Date
- August 2, 1980
- Place
- Mt. Pleasant, TX · MT. PLEASANT, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N231UMooney M20K
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800802032819A
- Case key
- 129240
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2513 80/8/2 NR.MT. PLEASANT,TX MOONEY M20K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1501 TIME - 2045 N231U PX- 0 0 2 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT PLEASANT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MT. PLEASANT,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: TAXIWAY LIGHTING AND MARKING REMARKS- PRKD ACFT DMG N43PC-MINOR,N9301J-SUBS.TAXIWAY MARKED,NOT LIGHTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N231U
- Reported as
- Mooney M20K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Pleasant Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.