N231VM is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K built in 1982. The FAA cancelled the registration on November 26, 2024. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N231VM is reserved by a private party since November 26, 2024. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K cancelled November 26, 2024
- Serial number
- 25-0716
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1982
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 6, 2022
- Last FAA action
- June 19, 2024
- Last owner
- Boettcher Richard (Co-owned)
Ridgefield, WA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20K cancelled November 14, 2023
- Serial number
- 25-0426
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1980
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 19, 2005
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Last owner
- Boettcher Richard S (Individual)
Minden, NV - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
NTSB accident and incident record under N231VM
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20K · serial 25-0426
The pilot’s failure to complete a before landing checklist, which resulted in his delayed extension of the landing gear, and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site