Mooney M20E Super 21

by Dave Mathiesen

$64,500

Category

Sold

Location

N87

General Info
Make:	Mooney	Registration Number:	N3479X
Model:	M20E	Serial Number:	1153
Model Year:	1966	Engine:	I0-360-A1A (200 HP)
Location:	Robbinsville, NJ (N87)	Gear:	Retractable (manual)
		Prop:	Constant Speed

Summary Info
Beautiful and fast M20E with 201 cowl, 201 windshield, gap seals, fairings, etc. (aka short-body 201); Garmin GNS 430W coupled to S-TEC 30 autopilot with altitude hold and GPSS (roll steering).

Logbook Time
Total Time: (Hours since New)	3386	Log books	Complete
Engine: (Hrs SMOH)	1356	Prop: (Since Overhaul )	416

Maintenance Info
Annual Due: (Date)	Nov 2019
IFR Certification Due:	Oct 2019
AD’s complete:	Yes
Recent Maintenance Items:	Recently overhauled fuel servo and fuel divider (Feb 2019)
Other:	New main gear tires and new Powerflow Exhaust (Nov 2018), new Vertical Compass Card (Aug 2018))

Features
201 SWTA cowl	Wing root, horizontal, dorsal fin, flap, rudder, & elevator hinge fairings; flap & aileron gap seals; brake cylinder rotation
201 windshield	Hartzell Top Prop conversion
201 Yokes	Dual USB jacks
Polished spinner	Electric flaps
Retractable step	Factory Oxygen Option (needs bottle and clamps)
Pilot seat armrest mod	LED landing light

Avionics
	Make / Model
Nav/Com/GPS 1:	Garmin GNS 430W
Nav/Com 2:	King KX 155
Autopilot:	S-TEC 30 with altitude hold and GPSS (roll steering)
Transponder:	King KT 76A
Audio Panel:	King KMA 24
Intercom:	Precision Engineering PM 1000II
Engine Monitor:	JPI EDM 700 with fuel flow
Other:	Davtron M303 Digital OAT and voltmeter, avionics master switch

Exterior
Color(s):	White w/ Teal Green & Black trim
Paint Condition: (1 to 10, 10 being the highest)	8

Interior
Color(s):	Green
Fabric:	Leather
Condition: (1 to 10, 10 being the highest)	8
Glass:	Good

Performance
Cruise Speed: (at 75% power)	150 kts *
Useful Load: (remaining after full fuel)	970 lbs *
Fuel Capacity:	52 gal
Fuel burn: (average)	10.5 GPH *
Range:	650 nm *
Specific Range: ((Efficiency = Cruise Speed ÷ Lbs per hour of fuel burn) (The higher the number, the better the efficiency))	2.41
*Note: Performance figures are estimates based on best available information (from POH, Vref, etc.) and may not be exact for this particular aircraft.

Comments

Mooney drivers share a unique and deeply seated characteristic – they like to go fast! Mooneys are among the most efficient and structurally sound airplanes manufactured. The low profile cross-section and laminar flow wings reduce drag to enable the fast airspeeds typically unachievable in other manufacturers’ airplanes with similar horsepower. The tubular steel frame, acting as a cockpit roll cage, along with the wingtip-to-wingtip wing spar make the Mooney airframe the strongest and safest among GA airplanes.

The M20E was basically an M20C with a 200 HP IO-360-A1A Lycoming engine. Introduced in 1964, the Super 21 has always been loved by Mooney Drivers due to its higher performance over the M20C. 366 airplanes were produced in its first year exactly doubling the production of the M20C with only 183 airplanes produced. A total of 1,264 M20E Super 21’s were produced from inception through 1967 and, for comparison, 989 M20C’s were produced through the same period. Mooney’s specs reported top speed of 165 kts (190 mph) and cruise speeds of 150 -155 kts between 3,000 and 12,000 feet…and typical cruise speeds are 150-152 kts.

Production of the M20E Super 21 was suspended for 1968, but due to popular demand, the model was resurrected in 1969 as the M20E Chaparral. Between 1969 and 1975, its last year of production, another 207 airplanes were produced. For the same period, 270 M20C’s were produced. In total, 1471 M20E’s were produced from 1964 through 1975 as compared to 1,259 of the M20C’s through the same period.

This M20E Super 21 has been upgraded with many of the 201 go-fast mods including a Southwest Texas 201 cowl, 201 sloped windshield, wing root, horizontal, dorsal fin, flap, rudder, & elevator hinge fairings plus flap & aileron gap seals and brake cylinder rotation. The engine is strong with compressions ranging from 76 to 78. The paint is excellent and the interior is nice. The manual ‘Johnson Bar’ landing gear is favored by lots of Mooney pilots for its simplicity and ease of maintenance. The GNS 430W, coupled to the S-TEC 30 autopilot with altitude hold and GPSS roll steering, reduces the workload of cross-country flights and improves safety for instrument approaches. This airplane included the original option of factory-installed oxygen and it needs a bottle and clamps to restore it to full operability. Come see and fly this airplane! It is one of, if not ‘the’, best M20E’s flying today. And, it’s a perfect entree into complex and fast cross-country airplanes!

Contact Us About This Aircraft
Please call Dave Mathiesen at 609-259-2400

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Mooney M20E Super 21

Published by runwayalliance on May 17, 2019May 17, 2019