Sold: 1967 M20E

[flight2000]

I'm finally throwing the towel in and upgrading to a bigger aircraft.  Wish I could keep two planes, because I love the M20E, just not possible with hangar fees and such being what they are out here in NV.  Asking $69,000.

Cheers,

Brian

1967 M20E,

SN: 670041

Aircraft currently based at Reno International Airport (KRNO)

TTAF: 2810

SMOH: 426 (July 1998 by Custom Airmotive, Inc.  Tulsa, OK)

STOH: 226 (July 2008) – Received new camshaft, lifters, and cylinders.

Light hail damage from getting caught on the ground during a storm in Kansas.  Noticeable on the elevators and flaps (small dimples) only.  No effect on performance or handling other than possibly making it go faster.

All numbers are subject to change as aircraft is flying regularly (61.3 hours in 2016 already).

 

Features:

New Hartzell “Top Prop” and Spinner (no Hub AD)

TTSN: 104 (Model Number: HC-C2YR-1BFP/F7497)

Johnson Bar Manual Gear

Hydraulic Flaps

 

Performance:

Flight plan for 155 KTAS at 10,000 while burning ~8.7 gph @2600 RPM

Endurance = 5.5 Hrs+ (~650 miles plus reserves)

Go slow mode – 130 KTAS at 10,000 while burning 6.2 gph @2200 RPM

Useful load = 941 lbs 

Full Fuel Payload = 623.5 lbs

Fuel Capacity = 52 gallons (50 gallons useable)

 

Avionics:

GNS-430W with GI-106A

KX155 Com #2 - VOR/Localizer Only

STEC-30 with Altitude Hold and GPSS

PMA8000B Audio Panel wired for music and 4-place intercom

Garmin GTX-327 Transponder (Mode C)

Garmin 496 mounted with ship power and cross-fill from 430W

Electronics International UBG-16 Engine Monitor

Electronics International FP-5L Fuel Computer

Electronics International Oil Pressure/Oil Temperature Gauge

Davtron M803 Clock/Voltage/OAT Gauge

Precision Vertical Compass Card (PAI-700)

 

Modifications:

LASAR 201 Windshield Modification

LASAR Brake Caliper Reversal

LASAR Lower Cowl Enclosure

LASAR 201 Wingtips

Whelen Orion 650 LED navigation and recognition lights

Whelen LED Belly Strobe (white and red lense)

Whelen Parmetheus Plus Par 46 LED Landing Light (included, not installed yet)

Lasar Electronic Ignition System (Champion)

Standardized Panel

 

Annual Due Oct 1, 2016

ELT Battery Due Nov, 1 2017

IFR Certification Due Feb 1, 2018

 

Painted in Feb 2010 by R&B Aircraft in Topeka, KS

New Leather Interior February 2016

 

Extras Include:

Custom Bruce’s Cabin Cover

Custom Cowl Plugs

Pitot Static Cover

Full set of Kennon Sunshades

T300 LASAR Timing Tool for Magnetos ($700 value)

Bogart Tow Bar (Best one I've seen for moving aircraft around)

 

Other Maintenance Items:

Oil Pressure Transducer Replaced Jun 2016

Prop governor overhauled Dec 2015

FP-5L Fuel Transducer Replaced Dec 2015

New Alternator and Belt January 2014

New Skytec Starter Installed January 2010

Landing Gear Biscuits Replaced ~2003/04

Mooney SB208A Completed Dec 1989

Engine Exhaust Overhauled 345 hours – Powder Coated in 2013

Regular Oil Changes every 50 hours or 6 months (Phillips 66 XC 20W50)

 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2016 by flight2000
Sale Pending

[kris_adams]

Beautiful. Good luck!

[da3b242]

PM sent.

[rbridges]

sorry to see you selling the mooney.  I've always thought you had a really nice one.  I'm interested to see how the sale goes.  That is probably one of the sweetest E models I've seen.  

[flight2000]

25 minutes ago, bluehighwayflyer said:

Just 24 hours per year since the overhaul in 1998, and 57 hours per year since new in 1967.  Hopefully you will be able to use the bigger airplane more.  I have always thought that 1967 was a great year for Mooney production.  Best of luck for a speedy sale. 

Thanks.  Like I mentioned earlier, the previous owner was a NASA astronaut (lot's of work away from home) and I've had a few deployments since I took ownership in 2009.  Flown it 61.3 hours since it came out of the shop this past January (governor overhaul) and 102.5 hours since I came back from my most recent deployment last year.  Problem is my wife now likes to tag along and wants me to fly her to her swim meets and the cabin won't hold all of us (2 teenage kids) comfortably any longer.  She's actually having a hard time thinking about letting Mo go...even if it's a step up to a bigger Mooney.

If she doesn't sell, I'm okay with that too.  Still some things I need to add during the next annual that have become a priority (shoulder harnesses in particular).   ADSB-In/Out and of course an Aspen Pro 1000 at some point.

Cheers,

Brian

Edited July 19, 2016 by flight2000

[Marauder]

Brian - I weathered the "teens" years with my Mooney (I own an F). When I calculated out the number of times I needed the larger plane, I ended up renting or borrowing a larger plane. That amounted to two or three trips per year for several years.

They eventually didn't want to travel with us and later went off to college. Now we are back to the two of us and all those improvements I made to the F years earlier are there for me to enjoy in a plane that I know how has been maintained.

Good luck in whichever direction you end up!

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[Raptor05121]

Jesus, thats probably the best damned looking E I've seen.

If I ever won the lotto. GLWS.

[flight2000]

7 hours ago, Marauder said:

Brian - I weathered the "teens" years with my Mooney (I own an F). When I calculated out the number of times I needed the larger plane, I ended up renting or borrowing a larger plane. That amounted to two or three trips per year for several years.

They eventually didn't want to travel with us and later went off to college. Now we are back to the two of us and all those improvements I made to the F years earlier are there for me to enjoy in a plane that I know how has been maintained.

Good luck in whichever direction you end up!

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I've thought about that, but my ailing knees are also a driving force behind this move as well.  I'm targeting the SUV of the aircraft world for the same reasons I moved from a Honda Accord to a Nissan Rogue.  Ease of getting in and out.  I've pretty much targeted a mid to late model Cessna T210.  Gives us the hauling capacity we desire and I can move in and out of the "drivers" seat with almost no effort.  I'm giving up the efficiency and lower maintenance of the Mooney, but the trade off is worth it for me to keep flying into my twilight years.  All those years of Airborne Ops with the 82nd, two major knee surgeries, and now tendonitis has done a number on me...

Like you mentioned, only bad thing is resetting the maintenance knowledge on a "new" aircraft.  I like to do as much of my own maintenance as I can, so shouldn't take to long to be really comfortable with any new aircraft we get.

Cheers,

Brian

[Marauder]

7 hours ago, Marauder said: Brian - I weathered the "teens" years with my Mooney (I own an F). When I calculated out the number of times I needed the larger plane, I ended up renting or borrowing a larger plane. That amounted to two or three trips per year for several years.

They eventually didn't want to travel with us and later went off to college. Now we are back to the two of us and all those improvements I made to the F years earlier are there for me to enjoy in a plane that I know how has been maintained.

Good luck in whichever direction you end up!

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I've thought about that, but my ailing knees are also a driving force behind this move as well.  I'm targeting the SUV of the aircraft world for the same reasons I moved from a Honda Accord to a Nissan Rogue.  Ease of getting in and out.  I've pretty much targeted a mid to late model Cessna T210.  Gives us the hauling capacity we desire and I can move in and out of the "drivers" seat with almost no effort.  I'm giving up the efficiency and lower maintenance of the Mooney, but the trade off is worth it for me to keep flying into my twilight years.  All those years of Airborne Ops with the 82nd, two major knee surgeries, and now tendonitis has done a number on me...

Like you mentioned, only bad thing is resetting the maintenance knowledge on a "new" aircraft.  I like to do as much of my own maintenance as I can, so shouldn't take to long to be really comfortable with any new aircraft we get.

Cheers,

Brian

We have something in common Brian. My Dad was 82nd. 325th Glider Infantry, I Company. WWII.

Good luck on the hunt.

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[flight2000]

Huge respect for those guys!  I thought we were nuts jumping out of C-130's at 800 feet agl, but they were a few shades crazier with the gliders and C-47's... 

Brian

[Hoeschen]

Nice plane, I think that is a fair price. What are you considering buying? I think you will miss the Mooney speed and efficiency. I think an RV-10'is about the only plane you will be satisfied with for your described mission, after owning a Mooney.

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[flight2000]

17 minutes ago, Hoeschen said:

Nice plane, I think that is a fair price. What are you considering buying? I think you will miss the Mooney speed and efficiency. I think an RV-10'is about the only plane you will be satisfied with for your described mission, after owning a Mooney.

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Thanks!  We are targeting a mid to late model T210.  We looked at one this afternoon and my wife and son loved the extra space and huge useful load.  I'll out run my E model by a bunch up high, but certainly not the efficiency and I'm okay with that.  Trade off is the 1,500 lbs useful load....almost 990 pounds with full fuel. 

Cheers,

Brian

Edited July 20, 2016 by flight2000

[rbridges]

21 hours ago, flight2000 said:

I've thought about that, but my ailing knees are also a driving force behind this move as well.  I'm targeting the SUV of the aircraft world for the same reasons I moved from a Honda Accord to a Nissan Rogue.  Ease of getting in and out.  I've pretty much targeted a mid to late model Cessna T210.  Gives us the hauling capacity we desire and I can move in and out of the "drivers" seat with almost no effort.  I'm giving up the efficiency and lower maintenance of the Mooney, but the trade off is worth it for me to keep flying into my twilight years.  All those years of Airborne Ops with the 82nd, two major knee surgeries, and now tendonitis has done a number on me...

Like you mentioned, only bad thing is resetting the maintenance knowledge on a "new" aircraft.  I like to do as much of my own maintenance as I can, so shouldn't take to long to be really comfortable with any new aircraft we get.

Cheers,

Brian

my buddy bought a 67 210.  That is a sweet plane.  burns a little more fuel for a little less speed, but it has a great useful load and endurance.  Definitely tops the mooney in ingress/egress by a long shot.  That's with the midsized engine, too.  I think the later 210s and T210s got larger ones.

[rbridges]

21 hours ago, Marauder said:

We have something in common Brian. My Dad was 82nd. 325th Glider Infantry, I Company. WWII.

Good luck on the hunt.

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cool.  were they called 82nd airborne back then, or did that come later?

[Marauder]

21 hours ago, Marauder said: We have something in common Brian. My Dad was 82nd. 325th Glider Infantry, I Company. WWII.

Good luck on the hunt.

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cool.  were they called 82nd airborne back then, or did that come later?

They were called the 82nd. I remember my Dad saying something about him being a Screaming Eagle (101st) first and then they were converted to the 82nd in some sort of division realignment.

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[flight2000]

Yep, here's a short history on the Division during WWII:

On 25 March 1942, the 82nd Infantry Division was reactivated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana under the command of Major General Omar N. Bradley. On August 15, 1942, the Division took wings as The 82nd Airborne - becoming the U.S. Army's first airborne division - now commanded by Major General Matthew B.Ridgway.

At the same time, 82nd personnel also were used in the formation of a second airborne unit - the "Screaming Eagles" of the 101st Airborne Division.

In October, the 82nd was dispatched to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to pursue its new airborne training. On October 14, the 82nd absorbed the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, which had formed on May 1 at Fort Benning, Georgia. By the time that they went overseas, the 82nd would consist of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment and the 504th and 505th Parachute Infantry Regiments.

Rest of the story is found here:  http://www.ww2-airborne.us/division/82_overview.html

Had to learn most of it when I was first indoctrinated into the Division, but have since suffered from memory failure.....    They have an awesome museum at Fort Bragg though.

Cheers,

Brian

[MyNameIsNobody]

I missed this thread.  Good luck with your sale Brian.  Had I known then, what I know now...I would have begged borrowed and pleaded for the extra to obtain your E.  The "Value" is everywhere in what you have turned her into.  Someone is going to get an unbelievable plane for the money.  I don't want to think what it would cost me to bring my plane up to your level....

 

Superb.

[flight2000]

Thanks, I appreciate that!  Have a gentlemen coming up from SoCal on Saturday morning to take a look.  We'll see where this goes. 

Cheers,

Brian

Edited July 29, 2016 by flight2000
Can't spell.... ;)

[MyNameIsNobody]

Blue and Gold.  Good California colors

[flight2000]

That would be my better half that graduated from Notre Dame in '97.  Great guess...

Cheers,

Brian

[carusoam]

How long ago was it (paint and windshield) when we watched the updates occur between tours?

Best regards,

-a-

[flight2000]

5 hours ago, carusoam said:

How long ago was it (paint and windshield) when we watched the updates occur between tours?

Best regards,

-a-

That was from Nov 09 - Mar 10 when I did those updates, so almost 7 years ago....  A year later I put the STEC A/P in and a few other items. 

Cheers,

Brian

[flight2000]

Sale is pending on our wonderful aircraft.  Mo will be in great hands...       

Cheers,

Brian

[flight2000]

So, I got the chance to complete one last flight today in old faithful.  Delivered it to the new owners in SoCal this afternoon.  Won't even be a week before the "new" plane is in the hangar though, heading out to pick it up on Tuesday.  Sad and happy at the same time.  

Thanks to all that inquired about Mo.

Cheers,

Brian

Edited August 27, 2016 by flight2000