Death of an Airplane - Alan Wrecks a Mooney Video

[201er]

Saturday February 27, 2016.

Tipton Airport, Fort Meade MD

Alan Fox brings his wrecking crew to tear apart a Mooney M20E.

 

[tony]

How come Alan wouldn't let anyone else play with the saw?

[Marauder]

The Boogie Man strikes again!!!!

Alan! A-I-L-E-R-O-N, not elevator. You find me a decent set, I'll be there. Also looking for a door on a modern plane (single side pin.

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[201er]

Just now, Marauder said:

Also looking for a door on a modern plane (single side pin.

Why settle for just one these days? Alan has a modification for adding a pilot side door to your Mooney 

[Guest]

I wonder how many hours Mooney took to build it compared to how many hours Alan took to disassemble it?

Clarence

Edited March 1, 2016 by M20Doc

[Alan Fox]

Oh the humanity....  

 

[Danb]

Sorry that entire video is nauseating.

[MB65E]

Nice work Boogie Man! You provide a needed service! 

There was not a straight piece of metal on that whole thing it looked like. 

Cheers,

Matt

[DonMuncy]

With nothing but an abundance of ignorance on my part to work with, it seemed to me like a pretty wasteful exercise. Had the control tubes been removed, or were they cut. Was speed of removal such a factor that they destroyed a lot of salvageable parts. Or perhaps I just could not tell.

[MB65E]

I thought the same thing about the tubes Don, but it was pretty mangled. I wanted the windscreen until I realized how much effort it would have taken to remove it safely. More effort than a new one costs. Small spares only it looked like. 

 

-Matt

[Guest]

One of the other problems is that CB's everywhere don't want to pay for parts no matter how cheap they are.  In some cases it's not worth removing them.

Clarence

[Alan Fox]

Ok the control tubes in the wings very rarely fail , plus the gear was pancaked so hard they collapsed , would YOU want those tubes???The big tubes in the back were sold on sight , as well as the right elevator , The only salvageable parts in the tail were the trim jack , and the link , link already sold....  The Glass is still in tact (windshield) but probably not worth the effort to remove , And you cant leave a cut up airplane on an airport .......There was very little wasted ...There is also the problem of owners being too cheap , especially in the Mooney community.....  It cost me close to a thousand to inspect , bid , and remove this aircraft the way I did it...Now I can pick it apart at my leisure before I scrap it.... 

[DonMuncy]

I was right to in the sense that my ignorance was giving me false impressions. I should have known that anyone in the business would have thought of all these things before starting. Maybe my thought process was colored by the vision of a Mooney being sawed into pieces.

[201er]

Alan gives a lot of shout outs to Mooneyspace members throughout the video. Watch for your name, you may have been publicly called out by the boogie man!

[steingar]

We'll see more of this sort of thing in the future.  Lots of airplanes that haven't flown for years for whatever reason.  Need to much to become flightworthy, isn't financially viable. They'll get scrapped by this guy and others like him.  I know of an airworthy 310 that got sent to scrap because no one wanted to buy it.

[1964-M20E]

Hard to look at mine has the same paint scheme.  Not as quick but I had to disassemble a Mooney like that even though it was basically scrap I hated to do it.

Alan won't let anyone else play with the saw because you can do a lot of damage to the human body with one.

Finally that Mooney kept fighting until the bitter end. RIP N5512Q M20E my  your part be used to keep other Mooney's flying longer.

 

 

 

 

[Pictreed]

Was that windscreen in bad shape?

it would have been great to just cut around that part of the cabin to get the trim and everything. 

[kevinw]

It's like watching a slow, painful death.

[bonal]

definitely supports my theory that these things are basically flying beer cans but I was just wondering that saw looks pretty intense and no safety glasses. yikes!

 

[xcrmckenna]

20 hours ago, M20Doc said:

One of the other problems is that CB's everywhere don't want to pay for parts no matter how cheap they are.  In some cases it's not worth removing them.

Clarence

Hey, I resemble that comment....:)

[Alan Fox]

5 hours ago, Pictreed said:

Was that windscreen in bad shape?

it would have been great to just cut around that part of the cabin to get the trim and everything. 

The windscreen is still good , BUT it will take the better part of a day to remove in tact and expensive to ship , also no STC....  SO what is its real value ????   I did not include it in my Bid , but I never include glass.... In fact , I gave the glass free of charge to the gentleman who purchased the tubes and elevator for free , as he helped without asking , or asking for anything..... He even bought every one lunch.......

 

 

Edited March 2, 2016 by Alan Fox

[carl]

I got some needed parts for my M20 E . Plus I met, Alan,Terry , Larry, and  the parrot wizard, Mike,(he had the same pants) and MariAnna and others .

Alan knows what he is doing and would not sell me some parts I wanted because they were over stressed in the landing ,so he scraped them . Good call.

My IA has the parts i got and says they will work on my plane.

It was a great winter day 

carl 

[MyNameIsNobody]

Glad to see the field get cleared.  Parts available.  Money made.  Recycling occur.  Appendages remain intact.  De-construction ultimately AIDS construction and cosmetics of the remaining fleet.  NICE.  

Learned: 1 bad ass saw makes up for a lack of tools...

[MyNameIsNobody]

AND I need more flannel.

[MyNameIsNobody]

On March 1, 2016 at 1:54 PM, kevinw said:

It's like watching a slow, painful death.

All good, that Mooney signed her organ donation...and the fleet lives on.  My bird is an organ recipient.  Thank you E for providing me life...