LANCECASPER

If an insurance company thinks they can make money I would think they would offer a rate. If they don't offer a rate, based on their calculations, they feel it's too high of a risk. That's just business. Selling something for less than your cost is not good business. Don't overthink this.

I had heard a few years back that the rate of gear-ups for older pilots was a driving force in premium increases.

Very sorry to hear about this. It's only fitting that his last post was math-related: I'm glad for his family's sake that he got his new engine installed and it looks like he got it broke in. This should make it easier for them to sell the airplane. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N314EB/history/20251023/1532Z/KLNS/KLNS

The Airport Diner at T82 is open Weds - Sun. https://www.hangarhotel.com/diner

FYI - Garmin GNC is a Garmin Nav Com. There is no GNC500 Nav Com, but there is a GNC355 Nav Com. Garmin GFC is a Garmin Flight Control System. (Autopilot). Garmin has a GFC500 Autopilot.

Garmin has owned it since August 2018 They haven't added anything to the app, but they have kept it supported and it is still able to transfer flight plan data to Garmin panel avionics. At least they haven't killed it off.

@Parker_Woodruff could help you with a strategy.

1. There are very few wires going to your co-pilot yoke. Remove it - play around with it - cover it with leather. 2. Have an avionics shop de-solder all of the wires and remove the pilot's side yoke. Immediately have them install the one you just covered on the pilot's side and re-solder everything. 3. Take the pilot's yoke that they removed, cover it with leather and connect the wires re-install it on the co-pilot's side. 4. You're done.

Normally landings like that happen only when you have no passengers or no one is watching on the ground.

This one is 3800 x 80. How many feet does an Aerostar need?

If you had a OnePak you used to get the premium upgrade for Garmin Pilot free, but you still had to buy the basic Garmin Pilot. They have since taken that benefit away.

In the case of a crash I would take a "past the expiration date" airbag seat belt over a replacement non-airbag seat belt any day.

Early Js and all 231s had manual cowl flaps with three positions. Starting in 1986 with the 252 (28v), the K model had electric cowl flaps and then a few years later when the J model went to 28v they had them. All M models had them.

I owned a 231 with manual flaps with closed, open and one spot in between. I much preferred the electric flaps with infinite positions I had in the Bravos and the Encore I owned. You could get it at just the right spot to keep the temperatures where you needed them to be and not sacrifice cruise speed. However the last two designs that Mooney made, the Ovation (also the Eagle - same airframe) in 1994 and on, and the Acclaim in 2006 and on (plus their Ultra versions) were designed without cowl flaps and a much better design. The best cowl flaps are no cowl flaps.

Under Contract - Pending

Why do you think I have a Dealer account with Spruce . . Lol?

It's a long story. It was partially disassembled when he bought it from the estate. He has been persistent, to say the least, in getting this airplane back in the air.

The best $4 you will ever spend on a Mooney is this: https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/warningonlythepilotplacard.php?clickkey=6452 If (1) the Pilot in Command takes complete responsibility for closing the door and then (2) hits it a couple times to make sure it is secure you won't have a door open in flight. It's when people in the passenger's seat., whether they have a pilot's license or not, "close" the door that most of these incidents happen. The other times are when the pilot in command thinks they have secured the door but haven't tested it with a firm hit or two.

I have had an Inogen since 2017 but there's not a chance in the world I would use it at FL180 and above. I notice that it starts to lose it's ability to produce breathing oxygen pretty rapidy above 16,000. I've used it up to 17,500 once. But in addition to that the FAA in their documents say that you have to use a mask, and not a cannula, at FL180 and above for good reason. https://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/oxygen_equipment.pdf

@SilentT I agree with @MikeOH, it might be worth at least an attorney demand letter for a few hundred dollars. When I looked at the pictures you sent me back when you started looking at this airplane, from the pictures the seats were at least an 8 out of 10. In that letter I would explain that to get seats that match the front seats, by the time you buy them (quote what factory new seats are), add matching upholstery it would be in the neighborhood of $5000. He may work a little harder to find them.

If I remember correctly those are the split reclining seats (at least they were on my '83 K model when I owned it from '93 - '96). They are in very high demand. People buy those from salvage to replace the bench seats in earlier models. It looks like BAS has one back seat available (https://baspartsales.com/140232-140231-mooney-m20k-aft-bench-seat-cushion-assembly-upper-lower/?searchid=0&search_query=mooney+seat) No matter where he is located, it might be worth a trip to his shop to look yourself. If he is on the West coast where you bought it, could a local Mooneyspacer go look through his shop for them? Bench seats are fairly easy to find (https://ebay.us/m/x0GUHF). I have no idea what all would be involved in putting in a bench seat. But @KSMooniac probably would know what's involved.

Friends don't let friends buy Gill batteries. Concorde has two sizes that will fit your airplane, the RG24-11 and the RG-24-15. You don't need the vented version (it has an "M: as a suffix), but you can use either version. Since you only have one battery on a J model it makes sense to buy the one with the best amp rating, the RG24-15. Chief Aircraft has the best price when you consider they cover shipping and they don't collect tax. A shop is going to charge you full retail on the battery. You can easily change this yourself, although you may need some help safety-wiring the hold down. You can buy the RG24-11 for $749 or the RG24-15 for $899.

It helps if you put that on your profile, that way on any questions you ask the answers can apply to your airplane. You have a very special airplane. Your Allegro is one of the last 19 J models ever made, having all of the continuous improvements over 22 years of production.

Here's the most recent thread about it: Here are some other threads about it:

A very common thing on 90's Mooneys is that the switch in the baggage compartment gets bumped after taking out luggage after a trip and the battery dies and gets to a low point where it can't be recovered. I did it once on a '96 Mooney Bravo. Later on Mooney wired in a delay circuit which turned the light off after 10 minutes. I would be surprised if a new Concorde battery didn't take care of your problems.