Which POH to use

[flyboy0681]

I'm getting ready to join a partnership with a 1983 M20J at the center of it all. One of the partners handed me a CD containing all of the M20J POH's from 1977 through 1990. The early ones are pretty amusing because just about every typewritten page contains a spelling or grammatical mistake, but that's besides the point.

 

My question is, I want to send one of the manuals out to Kinko's for printing and I don't know which one to use. Should I have the one closest to the manufacturing date (January, 1983) printed or the latest one from 1990 with the hopes that it contains the most up to date information on the plane? Here's a list of everything I have:

1977
1982
1982 Rev E
1983
1983 Revisions B & C
1984 Revisions D - G
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

 

[Magnum]

I would look for the part number in the parts catalogue. This way you'll be able to verify the correct revision, too.

 

Edit: That's what the parts catalogue says:

PART NUMBER OF POH/AFM WILL VARY ACCORDING TO MODEL YEAR A/C SERIAL NUMBER STATE AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBER WHEN ORDERING ADDITIONAL MANUALS.

[sellis]

You can go to www.mooney.com under the Service/Support tab and click on Technical Publications. There is a list with all the POH revisions depending on aircraft serial number.

[flyboy0681]

That did the trick sellis. I found the manual appropriate for the plane, thanx.

[jlunseth]

I found it more helpful to copy the actual POH from the airplane, because it will have flight supplements, equipment list, and w&b for that airplane.  If you are using the copy just to read up on the airplane and learn how to operate it, the actual POH is still better because the flight supplements will have information concerning the AP, sometimes fuel flow meters, etc.  I had two copies made of mine, one to keep at the office and one for home, they are bound with those plastic finger binders, don't know the correct name. 

[roundout]

What jlunseth said. The airplane might have new equipment installed and old equipment removed. You need the supplements, updated W&B and other airplane-specific docs. 

[flyboy0681]

You are both right. I'll "grab" the book for a few hours and take it in to be copied.