Acclaim Ultra

[Brandt]

I posted this link on the Mooney Pilots Facebook after I ran across it on YouTube.  I hadn’t seen it before.  Guess a lot of people hadn’t either, so thought I’d drop it here as well. Good video.

 

 

[exM20K]

2 minutes ago, 1980Mooney said:

That is Serial Number 33-0001 - a 2015 M20V model.  FAA records show it is still owned by Mooney Corp and FlightAware shows that it has not flown in 3 months.  I assume it was used for testing and certification. I guess it is just sitting rotting somewhere - a modern "hangar queen" - damaged?

Sold.  Now registered as N311TN

-dan

[exM20K]

1 hour ago, 1980Mooney said:

Excuse me but N311TN is a 16 year old 2006 Acclaim - it is serial number 31-0001 - not serial number 33-0001.  It is a TN not a V.  It was the first Acclaim and used for testing back in 2006.

My bad. 30-0001 was still at the factory until recently updated and sold.  I believe 31.0001 is not airworthy.

-dan

[exM20K]

17 minutes ago, 1980Mooney said:

Perhaps there is some mix up.....30-0001 was the first 1999 Eagle - it  was registered as N2234X.  Unfortunately it was crashed in a bad landing and scrapped in 2012.  31-0001, the first 2006 Acclaim TN, was finally sold by the factory in 2020 as detailed above.  Perhaps you mean Acclaim Ultra 33-0001 is not airworthy.

Correc.  That is what I meant.  Sorry for the confusion

[carusoam]

1980 is really good with numbers….

 

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[Schllc]

There is a Mooney acclaim with that paint scheme sitting in the factory floor at this moment. 
I believe it was a testing bed for some things and then was robbed of some parts to complete on of the last certified acclaims. 
I was told there was too much involved at this time to convert it from experimental to certified for sale….

sniff… sniff…