I owned a M231 for years and I must admit that it was a wonderful airplane..even with the GB3 engine which never gave up. I flew it 5 times across the Atlantic. I flew it all the way over Africa...to Cape Town. I flew it at FL300 (and it was still climbing). I used to fly a direct Goose Bay to Reykjavik, Iceland....over all the years, I did have some minor incidents. I remember the broken turbo clamp somewhere between Goose Bay and Keflavik. Once I had a broken vacuum pump (at night when making an approach to Cape Town), ...It is a wonderful airplane and cheap to maintain.
