85 Mooney Missile ...Damaged left wing- $50,000

[BobAustin]

Original owner selling loaded Missile needing left flap, aileron, etc. Hit mailbox on long landing. 2300TTAF, 1222 since conversion, 850 since top. Loaded avionics*, 180 k cruise on 12.5 gph

 

ENGINE;  IO-550A,  new vacuum pump, new fuel pumps, Bendix mags,        

                 GAMI injectors,Tempest fine wire plugs (12), standby alternator

                 Tannis sump heater

 

PROP:  3 blade Hartzell Scimitar, phc-c3yf-2uf

 

AVIONICS:  King Attitude, HSI,  KAP-150 autopilot

                    Garmin GNS 430W coupled to A/P and 696

                    Bendix KX-165 nav com with ILS indicator

                    Garmin 696 panel mounted

                    JPI-830 egt/cht all cylinders

                    Garmin 345 transponder ADSB out/in modes

                    3M 1000+ stormscope slaved to HSI

                    PS Engineering Apollo SL15M audio panel 

                    CYI-100 AOA w/ LED indicator

                    GDC-31 GPSS roll steering - auto enroute & approach    

                    406 ELT, vertical card compass, 14/28 v convertor.

 

INTERIOR:  Custom gray leather 4 seats with Oregon Aero foam 2012

 

DAMAGE:    Long landing,  left wing tip hit stone mailbox       

                     damage to two outboard wing sections, left aileron, flap, etc

                     One hour since annual w 70+ all cylinders.

 

HISTORY;     Original owner bought new in 1985,  Annuals DuGosh at ERV,

                      Monroy extended tanks 92 gal...No tank leaks ever.

 

Plane in hanger at Lakeway,TX 3R9  Make offer for entire plane, no parts

sold .  Hanger use for 6 months included.  Bob Yarbrough bob@yarbroughsw.com 512-750-2751

 

[N6758N]

Calling @Alan Fox

[Hank]

No pictures of the damage?

How bad must it be for you to not repair it?

Edited February 8, 2018 by Hank

[Alan Fox]

Very Tempting ...Hmmmmmm

[Wayne Cease]

NTSB brief report

Another article with a news video including the plane at the site of the impact.

 

[gsxrpilot]

Repaired... this would be a really good airplane and the price seems to be right. The hangar for 6 months would allow you get the wing repaired to the point it could probably be flown out. Otherwise, you'd need to chop the tail off to load it on a trailer and truck it out. KGGG is only an hour by air or 3 hours by truck where DMax could certainly put this Mooney back in business.

 

[aviatoreb]

21 minutes ago, Wayne Cease said:

NTSB brief report

Another article with a news video including the plane at the site of the impact.

 

That ain't so bad.  She'll fly again.

[Wayne Cease]

Just now, aviatoreb said:

That ain't so bad.  She'll fly again.

Good, but not great pictures of the wing, but from what's there it certainly doesn't look too bad.  In fact, from what it shows I'd be much more concerned about whether the prop was spinning when it went into the tree branches.  The engine inspection will take some time and money even if everything is fine.  If it wasn't spinning then that part is gone and it's just the wing and controls on that side and possibly the fuel tank.  Some work, but shouldn't be too bad.  It certainly has some nice avionics.

 

[takair]

Check it out on Barnstormers.  Nice plane, but wing has damage toward the root too.

[Guest]

Nothing time and money can’t fix.

 

[Hector]

That buckling near the root would be a significant concern for me. Concern that the wing is permanently deformed with areas of high residual stress


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[KSMooniac]

I know of a nice rebuilt J wing in MO that would make this an easier fix, perhaps. This plane should fly again! No more Missiles are being converted...

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[Marcopolo]

  Am I missing the photo of the part of the wing that took out the mailbox?  That was a significant stone structure that got taken out.  The wrinkle at the wing root was caused by something that I'm not finding in the photos or I haven't seen/found the right photo..  

 

Ron

[Jerry 5TJ]

12 hours ago, Wayne Cease said:

.... I'd be much more concerned about whether the prop was spinning when it went into the tree branches.  .....

If there was a prop strike Continental says IRAN required regardless of whether engine was running.  

I am sorry to say I know firsthand about a non-rotation prop strike on an IO-550.   The prop overhaul and engine IRAN cost my insurer over $35K in 2016. 

Nice project for an A&P who has some spare time and a serviceable J wing available.  

 

[mpg]

see the wing damage on barnstormers...

 

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[aviatoreb]

I think it may be still a reasonable thing to buy?  30+K to buy a new wing r&r.  35k for prop strike inspection.  5k for whatever I forgot to mention.  70k+ 55k(asking - bargain down a tad) and you have a nice ready to go Mooney.  But not a bargain.  Reasonable.  For a person that can do all the work themselves, a lot better deal.  I have heard of wings for as low as 10k?  And if you can do the strike inspection yourself?....maybe 30k in parts and your own labor?  Then you got yourself a 80k Mooney missile.

Disclaimer - I don't know anything and I'm just making numbers up with impressive artificial precision.

Edited February 8, 2018 by aviatoreb

[Marcopolo]

okay, now I see where the mailbox structure made contact, thanks @mpg

 

Ron

[Alan Fox]

you guys amaze me , not a single one of you has bought the bravo that flys , tks etc etc , but you price this over a hundred k   really    REALLY

 

[aviatoreb]

1 hour ago, Alan Fox said:

you guys amaze me , not a single one of you has bought the bravo that flys , tks etc etc , but you price this over a hundred k   really    REALLY

 

I’m not buyin’ I’m just calling out a guess for repair costs.  How did I do?

what bravo?

[Alan Fox]

4 hours ago, bluehighwayflyer said:

I think people are generally more comfortable with major structural repairs that they at least supervise themselves. 

FWIW, I have an excellent no-damage-history J wing with 64 gallon bladders installed in NW Florida that is available for 30K, plus whatever my IA charges to supervise its removal.  Or for 50K I will deliver the entire J to you in Texas.

Jim

Unless your J has the sculpted tips , it wont work , its not the same wing , the tanks will be a problem , Part of the Missile conversion , is the Monroy long range tanks , You cant "undo" a bladder install... 

[jetdriven]

On 2/7/2018 at 9:28 PM, M20Doc said:

Nothing time and money can’t fix.

 

That’s not fixable.  Replace the whole wing. 

[Seth]

On 2/7/2018 at 10:42 PM, Hector said:

That buckling near the root would be a significant concern for me. Concern that the wing is permanently deformed with areas of high residual stress


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Especially since the Missile travels faster than a stock J.  180+ knots all day if you want it.  Great plane.  With a properly repaired or new wing this could be a great buy.  However, not at the price - it would need to be less.  Sorry for stating that to the seller.

The Missile is a GREAT airplane, I'm personally biased, and there are not too many of them - 40ish.  Let's get this one back in the air.

-Seth

Edited February 9, 2018 by Seth

[PTK]

Looking at the pics it looks like it hit the concrete mailbox out towards the tip of the wing. That's at least a 15 foot arm distance creating a tremendous moment force back at the wing mating area. That spar is most likely bent and a replacement wing won't save it. If this thing isn't a pile of scrap metal beer is on me!. Dilly dilly!!

[ArtVandelay]

The buckling could be from impact on the landing gear and not from the torque of hitting the mailbox, if the main spar hasn’t been damaged it should be fixable.
Need more pics, including borescope pictures of interior and underside of the wing.

[jetdriven]

Dude the buckling is on the rear half of the wing. That’s from the compression of the aft part of the wing from hitting a brick mailbox and knocking it over. This bends the wing aft.   You aren’t straightening a bent wing spar, although some unscrupulous sellers have done that and lied about it. 

Edited February 9, 2018 by jetdriven