What is the Maximum Load Limit per seat in a Mooney?

[29-0363]

Is there a limit to how much weight can be placed in or on each seat (i.e structural capacity)?  

 

I thought there was one but couldn't find anything in the POH.  

 

If there isn't one, does anybody have their own "personal" maximum (with reasons why)?  

 

 

[Cruiser]

the M20R/S has a placard on the forward end of the rear seat bottom structure "WARNING: do not exceed 170 lbs. (77.1 Kg) on this seat back. See aircraft loading schedule date for baggage compartment allowable"

 

I assume this to mean when the seat back is folded down making it part of the cargo area.

Maximum weight in the Cargo Area (rear seats folded down) is 340 lbs.

[Alan Fox]

Until it collapses...

[Hank]

The seat belt has to buckle. I've recently "discovered" that the front belts are longer than the rear ones . . .

I've not tried to carry machine parts, steel or an office-worth of books and paper--it's too hard getting it in & out of the plane.

My baggage area is placarded for 120 lbs.

[Marauder]

Until it collapses...

Well, I can say at least 300'. Personal experience.

[stevesm20b]

I think you run out of room before you exceed the weight limit. I think trying to fit someone that was more than 350 lbs in a mooney would be tough. Someone that big would not fit in the front seat next to me because the person would be too wide and would be in the way of raising and lowering the gear with the johnson bar. I guess someone that big could fit in the back and take up both seats.

[bumper]

External load? 

 

bumper

[N601RX]

There have been a few broken seats on here.  It would be interesting to know the pilot history for those.

[fantom]

Well, I can say at least 300'. Personal experience.

 

Your taste in female friends needs revision

[N601RX]

Your taste in female friends needs revision

Unless they were both in the same seat when it broke.

[FBCK]

My back seats each are placard with 170 lbs max per seat.

[thinwing]

area/cube rule....weight divided by height times oh my god factor equals less than width of door.

[Alan Fox]

The angle of the dangle , is directly inverse to the mass of the ass..

[carusoam]

I was demonstrating MooneySpace as a communication tool... To a group of cognitive rehab specialists.

And of course this is the recent history that I get... Bud Bundy giving angle and mass advice.

Way to go, me!

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

Who uses "Recent History"? I just go to the Forums page and look for something that has updated since last night, or lunch or whenever, then open that forum and scroll through the titles to find ones of interest.

[carusoam]

I push the view new content button to get started with the stuff I haven't seen....

Then push the button on the left side to go to the first entry on the list that I haven't read...

This keeps me from missing anything important and from reading something a second time accidentally...

This is the Mooney style of reading MooneySpace, cover the ground quickly and efficiently...

Best regards,

-a-

[fantom]

This is the Mooney style of reading MooneySpace, cover the ground quickly and efficiently...

 

 

If only Mooney Talk and the MAPA list were as efficient.

[carusoam]

Invite them to the east coast fly-in. We can review the button-ology.

Seth hasn't cancelled yet.

Best regards,

-a-

[Hank]

If only Mooney Talk and the MAPA list were as efficient.

Subscribe to the digest, then read the archives and delete the email you don't want. Very quick and efficient, I read both archives once a day in 15-20 minutes. How long do you spend clicking through your overstuffed mailbox?

This site has much faster response time, and seems to have a wider contributing base (weights not withstanding!).