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M20DOC, Sure thing I’ll let you know when I find out for sure.

Brother with me….wife already good with continuing general aviation.

Cruising at 4500’ felt a loss of power. When I moved the throttle there was no response from the motor. MP at 11” & RPM 2000. I realized I had a stuck or disconnected cable leaving me at a idle power setting. Not sufficient enough to maintain level flight. I had best glide and heading to landing spot already setup while trouble shooting. KC CTR was very helpful, I made my first call to them and got to talk to the actual controller I was taking to in the air. He was very happy to hear from me. I did all the power loss checklist things nothing worked. Gear or no gear? I asked my self that question right after the initial power loss. On the way down I noticed sign posts, median barriers, and of course cars. With so many obstacles I just defaulted to leaving the gear in the wells. Which ended up being the best decision. Touchdown was very smooth, one of my best landings ever. We slid straight for several seconds then the left wing caught the middle median barrier. We did a nice eloquent left 360 and then came to a stop in front of a side barrier. Not a scratch on either one of us. The first people we talk to were the people in a SUV we landed slightly behind. They told us how and what they saw in the rearview mirror. They asked if we were okay and offered us water. I posted this just as the member I’m replying to ask…so that others may learn from my experience.

Thank you for the info. Your interior looks sweet! That is really nice looking. I’ll order early like you recommended.

I appreciate it very much! I was out flying it today. Each time I have her out I’m learning something new.

Thanks a lot Steve!

Mark thank you very much! I’m very happy to hear your story, it makes me even happier about my decision on this model. I plan to enjoy the heck out it for sure. Wish you all the best also, take care

Clarence, It’s one of the items high on the priority list. I really appreciate the advice on where to look for them too. You owned 832….these two were very close coming out the factory. Thanks for the congrats I appreciate it.

Joshua, Congratulations to you also your plane looks amazing! Ours are almost identical twins. Thank you very much for the tip. I wondered if that would be worth doing before the paint, so now I know. If you could share some of your first year experiences that would be great. Take care

N5895Q is S/N 812

Yep, the previous owner took good care of her and in return 95Q took good care of him and his family for many years. I plan to stick with that combination. I will definitely scour threads and ask for advise from others about things. This forum is great.

Thank you Tim, and congratulations to you too. I would like to hear more about your experience with the GI275s and when you get it, the GFC500. These are also on my list of considerations.

Thank you carusoam! I’ll check the log and reply back to you soon. I’m very happy with my purchase of 95Q, we are going to have some great times and memories together.

Maiden flight to home airport after purchase. IMG_1260.MOV

I finally did it after several years of consideration. I’m a very happy owner of a ‘65 Mooney M20E. I would like to thank those of you who gave me good tips and advice during the process, I really appreciate it very much. I hope to have good conversations here with fellow owners and operator’s of Mooneys for years to come. The previous owner had taken good care of her for the last 31 years. Always kept her flying, hangered, and in good mechanical condition. At age 78 he decided it was finally time to let her go to someone else. I got the impression that he felt she was moving on to a good home. I only had to fly it about 1.5 hours to where I have it hangered, and it flies beautifully. I’ll post some pics. She is definitely in need of a new paint job, but that’s okay. My wife and I have been looking at colors and schemes already, and it’s been kinda fun. First though I already have a small list of items that will be done on the annual scheduled in June, and panel upgrades that I’m still deciding on who(Dynon, Garmin, or Aspen) and what I would like to install. In this crazy used airplane market I’m sure someone will ask what was the sell price. I was very happy to give him exactly his asking price…$49,000.00