M20M Gear Up at KHYI

[Mooney in Oz]

Not much of a description at this stage.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/516388

[T. Peterson]

That’s a bummer. Very sorry to hear this.

[LANCECASPER]

KHYI is San Marcos, where Brian Kendrick works on Mooneys. I wonder if they were going in there to get work done. At least they are in a good location to get it repaired.

[1980Mooney]

1 hour ago, LANCECASPER said:

KHYI is San Marcos, where Brian Kendrick works on Mooneys. I wonder if they were going in there to get work done. At least they are in a good location to get it repaired.

Except that he departed from San Marcos and geared it up about 85 miles away at T82 -Fredericksburg. Other than the Hangar Hotel, there isn’t much at T82. 

[Fly Boomer]

First time I have been aware that the M20M is a "257".  I guess it's top speed is 5 MPH faster than a 252?

[exM20K]

TX82 RWY 15-33: 1824' of grass?  Nah, pass. Unless a forced landing of course.

-dan

[1980Mooney]

17 minutes ago, exM20K said:

TX82 RWY 15-33: 1824' of grass?  Nah, pass. Unless a forced landing of course.

-dan

T82. Not TX82. It’s 5,002 ft X 75 ft asphalt. 

[exM20K]

45 minutes ago, 1980Mooney said:

T82. Not TX82. It’s 5,002 ft X 75 ft asphalt. 

Ah, well, ok, then

[Ragsf15e]

10 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

Except that he departed from San Marcos and geared it up about 85 miles away at T82 -Fredericksburg. Other than the Hangar Hotel, there isn’t much at T82. 

I think there’s an avionics shop there that a lot of people use as well. That’s a fun little town to go to as well, we used to go there a lot just to go out have dinner and beers.

[1980Mooney]

7 minutes ago, Ragsf15e said:

I think there’s an avionics shop there that a lot of people use as well. That’s a super fun town to go to as well, we used to go there a lot just to go out have dinner and beers.

I think that you are talking about Pippen-York Avionics. But I don't think that they will be much help in pulling the TIO-540 to send it out for the prop strike AD/Inspection or replacing the prop in order to get it into shape to ferry it somewhere.  The alternative would be to cut the fuselage behind the back seats and put it on a truck/trailer.

[Pinecone]

You don't have to CUT the fuselage.  You can drill out the rivets and separate the tail.

[1980Mooney]

6 hours ago, Pinecone said:

You don't have to CUT the fuselage.  You can drill out the rivets and separate the tail.

Yes I understand that - I am using the word figuratively but the aft of the plane has to be removed.  It is a major event - all the wiring going to the tail which includes power and any remote avionics like autopilot has to be pulled, control rods, etc in addition to drilling out all the rivets.  Then it all has to be reassembled - and that sum total work is in addition to actually repairing the plane.  What a PITA.

[IvanP]

The outcome may depend largely on the insured value. Chances are, she may never fly again. That would be really sad.

[Pinecone]

21 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

Yes I understand that - I am using the word figuratively but the aft of the plane has to be removed.  It is a major event - all the wiring going to the tail which includes power and any remote avionics like autopilot has to be pulled, control rods, etc in addition to drilling out all the rivets.  Then it all has to be reassembled - and that sum total work is in addition to actually repairing the plane.  What a PITA.

But a HUGE difference in putting it back together between disassembling and CUTTING.