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[Rover]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum so if this is not the place for this question, then please let me know.

I'm looking at a 1967 M20E with serial 670062 and when I search the NTSB site it shows the aircraft as written off: https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/ResultsV2.aspx?queryId=a2a67456-4d51-4435-b456-1b5ac994d891 I'm not sure how long the query ID lasts on the NTSB site, so if you go to this page and put N3525X into the search it returns three records: https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx - The Seattle one where it sank is the one I'm wondering about. The plane is currently alive and well and flown on a regular basis, so my question is, can these planes be bought back as a salvage and put back into service?

Pertinent info:

Serial: 670062

https://www.airport-data.com/search/search2.html?field=serial&code=670062&search=

US Reg: N9768M, N3525X

Can Reg: C-FVWP also CF-VWP

 

Thanks for the help.

 

 

 

[1980Mooney]

26 minutes ago, Rover said:

Hi,

I'm new to this forum so if this is not the place for this question, then please let me know.

I'm looking at a 1967 M20E with serial 670062 and when I search the NTSB site it shows the aircraft as written off: https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/ResultsV2.aspx?queryId=a2a67456-4d51-4435-b456-1b5ac994d891 I'm not sure how long the query ID lasts on the NTSB site, so if you go to this page and put N3525X into the search it returns three records: https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx - The Seattle one where it sank is the one I'm wondering about. The plane is currently alive and well and flown on a regular basis, so my question is, can these planes be bought back as a salvage and put back into service?

Pertinent info:

Serial: 670062

https://www.airport-data.com/search/search2.html?field=serial&code=670062&search=

US Reg: N9768M, N3525X

Can Reg: C-FVWP also CF-VWP

 

Thanks for the help.

 

 

 

The one that sank was a M20F.  You are looking at a M20E.  Mooney built 3 planes in 1967 with the same 670062 serial number - a M20C, a M20E and a M20F.  They changed their serial number methodology after that.

https://www.mooneyevents.com/chrono.htm

 

[1980Mooney]

@Rover BTW - The 1967 M20C with the same serial number 670062, N9768M, was last registered with the FAA in 1994.  The FAA deregistered it in 2013.  It probably was turned into beer cans....

[Rover]

That makes sense. I was wondering if that was a potential reason, but I didn't think Mooney would have used the same serial across models. 

Thanks for the help.

 

[Echo]

I previously owned a ‘66 Mooney N3424X.  Nice sleuthing 1980. 

[Red Leader]

To answer your question, yes, there is a guy near Knoxville, TN, who rebuilds crashed or otherwise damaged Mooney's and gets them flying again. I met him a couple of years ago and was impressed with what he could do. 

[Rover]

Sorry for the late reply. I'm still getting my notifications setup on replies to my posts.

The M20E I'm looking at has missing logs. That seems to be something several Canadian planes suffer from, as there is yet to be one with complete logs in the three I've asked for info on - 2 M20Es and an M20J 201.

Thanks.

 

[1980Mooney]

It depends.....   Are they all missing?...parts?   Sometimes the first logs are missing on a 60 year old plane - but who really cares about maintenance done in the 1960's?  Major repairs are another matter and they should be documented with the FAA (you can download the history).  The old engine logs go with the engines when they are swapped out.

Too bad M20Doc (Clarence) isn't here to answer about Canadian logs.

https://www.avweb.com/ownership/the-savvy-aviator-23-maintenance-records/