Ovation 3rd seat configuration

[The-sky-captain]

I've read that Ovations can be configured to carry 3 passengers in the rear seat. Do all Ovations come with this ability or just certain year models? Do they come configured from the factory or is it an STC add on?

Thanks

[carusoam]

There has been some mention of this before, Bodie...

Some back seats had the third set of seat belts.

I believe it was a factory option at one time or another.

I tried a search or two, but couldn't find anything standing out...

Best regards,

-a-

[Cris]

As I recall based on weight one can use one seatbelt for two individuals. Alternatively there were some late model Ovations that had a bench seat in the rear and three seat belts installed. I seem to remember a Mooney drawing for this configuration.

[Guest]

The type certificate show only 4 seats being approved. I would thing it could be done via an STC.

There is such an STC for a fifth passenger seat belt set in the Piper Comanche series.

Clarence

[The-sky-captain]

The type certificate show only 4 seats being approved. I would thing it could be done via an STC.

There is such an STC for a fifth passenger seat belt set in the Piper Comanche series.

Clarence

That's what I was wondering. If somebody could buy a conventional Ovation and add the bench seat and 5th belt. If not, an A36 could always be the next step.

[Guest]

Unless there is an STC, I don't see how you would legally install a fifth seat. Lots of other choices for 5-6 seat aircraft out there.

Clarence

[kmyfm20s]

Here is a picture of it!

[kmyfm20s]

It's an option from the factory. Read the paragraph. I have seen the paperwork before but can't find it.

http://www.mooney.com/aircraft/ovation-3/cabin/

[The-sky-captain]

It's an option from the factory. Read the paragraph. I have seen the paperwork before but can't find it.

http://www.mooney.com/aircraft/ovation-3/cabin/

There she is.

[Lood]

In all honesty, that so called third person couldn't be much more than a baby or a small child? Two adults in the back of any Mooney will certainly not leave any space for a third person of any noticeable size?

The long bodies do have miles of legroom, but they don't really excell in the width department, like just about all other 4 place GA airplanes.

[Amelia]

We used to have three kids in the back seat of our C172, a skinny exchange student, and a couple of toddlers, and flew across the US that way. Then upgraded to the Mooney 231, and still had 3 kids in the back seat, a different skinny exchange student and a couple of grade-schoolers. Our kids shared a seatbelt when that was still legal. Then they grew some, discovered the joys of sibling rivalry, and that quit being an option. I wish we'd had little tablet computers and MineCraft back then. We wouldn't have heard a peep from the back seat.

[kmyfm20s]

In all honesty, that so called third person couldn't be much more than a baby or a small child?

That's what I was going to get if for. My kids where 2, 4, and 6 year old at the time and I figured it could last for about 5 years before I needed something different. The bad news was my wife then declared that the kids would not all be flying with me at one time. The good news is I don't have to be looking for a bigger plane in the future. Since we've had kids she won't fly anymore but before kids we went all over the place and she loved it.