Mooney Statesman, 45 SMOH, Nov '07 annual!

Noble has been well maintained and was owned by the same gentleman for the past 20 years. Unfortunately, the 92 year old owner lost his medical forever and was forced to put Noble up for sale before his wife made an expensive lamp out of him. He is a great performing aircraft having just completed a trip from Lakeland, Florida to Greenwood, Indiana (770 nm) in less than 5 ½ hours, cruising at an average speed of 140+ knots and burning less than 10 gph. In 2004, there was a gear-up landing that resulted in new belly skins, a freshly overhauled engine to new parts limits in Zephyrhills, and the installation of a new Hartzell 3 blade propeller with a chrome spinner. In addition, Noble has just completed a very thorough annual inspection on November 1, 2007. Noble has only 4400 TTAF and 45 SMOH – he is ready to give you many, many years of flying enjoyment!.

Noble likes to fly high and fast. He is quite frugal in his fuel and oil usage. Noble is a true cross country airplane that leaps off the runway with great power to spare. The M20G is the 10” stretched version of the classic Mooney M20C, so there is plenty of room in the back seat for passengers.

The avionics stack in Noble is average. He has mostly Narco radios and one VOR/NAV. The Lowrance 2000C color GPS shown in the pictures IS included and is an invaluable tool for flying. He would be a great plane for a pilot who likes to fly fast (don’t we all?), and economically. Equipped with the infamous Johnson Bar manual gear mechanism, you won’t have the expense of maintaining electric and hydraulic systems, and the annuals will be much easier for your mechanic (translation = cheaper for you).

General Information:

· S/N #680080

· Lycoming 0-360-A1D 180 HP

· ~ 4400 TTAF

· ~ 45 SMOH (new factory limits 1/07/05)

· Fresh, extensive annual completed 11/1/07

· Compressions at annual were 78/78/80/78

· NEW starter installed 12/07

· Lower cowling speed mod

· Upper cowling speed mod not installed, but included

· New ELT battery 11/1/07

· New Slick magnetos 2004

· Rebuilt carburetor 2004

. Wing leveler

· New air filter 2005

· Fresh oil and filter change ~10 hours ago (AeroShell W-100 Plus)

· EGT

· Overhead vents for air circulation

· 52 gallon fuel tanks (50 useable)

· Aftermarket yoke mounted Push-To-Talk (PTT) switch

· Wingtip strobes (these really light up the sky at night!)

· One piece windshield

· Overhead speaker, ceiling and map lights

· Cigarette lighter

· Hartzell 3 blade prop

· Chrome spinner

· In compliance with all AD’s

· Clock with sweep second hand

· Automatically retracting step

· Alternate static source

· Complete logs since 1st test flight

· Pilot Operating Handbook

· Manual – Johnson Bar – landing gear

· Tow bar

. NEW Fuel Sending Units 12/07

Avionics:

· Narco AT-50 transponder with Mode C encoder

· 3 marker beacons

· Narco 120 Comm

· Narco 810 Comm digital flip-flop

· Narco Nav 121 with VOR indicator

. IIMorrow Apollo Flybuddy Loran

· King KN-62 DME (marked in-op)

Exterior:

The paint is in very nice condition overall and I would rate it as much better than average. There are a couple of touch-up spots here and there on the fuselage and wings.

Interior:

The interior is in above average shape. The seats are firm and comfortable, and appear to have newer covers on them. The headliner is in better than average condition with four (4) air vents. There is a nice padded glare shield pad over the panel. The carpeting is in good condition and is showing its age.

Damage History/Corrosion:

The best outside source for damage history event reporting is on the NTSB website. Simply enter Noble’s registration number, and any NTSB reports will be made available. FYI: He does not show up on any accident or damage report queries on the FAA website; however, the logs indicate there was a gear-up landing in 1979 and the one mentioned above. The logs show all repairs were made with new factory parts. We could not find any reports of corrosion, and there is an entry for Corrosion X treatment in 1996. Noble received a clean bill of health during his last annual this past month.