N201SQ1977 Mooney M20J
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19825 ADs may apply3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Lake Lure, NC
- Certificate issued
- May 29, 2003
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 30, 1977
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Mooney
- Model
- M20J
- Year
- 1977
- Serial number
- 240298
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A19759
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming I0360 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 180 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2003 – nowIndividual ownerLake Lure, NC · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (5)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-09 | Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. (Mooney) Airplanes | Mar 20, 2012 | Airframe (M20J) |
| 2004-25-04 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Models M20B, M20C, M20D, M20E, M20F, M20G, and M20J Airplanes | Jan 21, 2005 | Airframe (M20J)Only with: Equipped with an O & N Bladder Fuel Cell installed per STC SA2277CE or STC SA2350CE (for M20B, incorporated by field approval). |
| 98-21-26 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Models M20J, M20K, M20M, and M20R Airplanes | Nov 26, 1998 | Airframe (M20J)Certain serial numbers: M20J 24-3415; M20J 24-3416; M20K 25-2018–25-2021; M20M 27-0241; M20R 29-0135–29-0138 |
| 97-26-08 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Models M20F, M20J, and M20L Airplanes | Jan 20, 1998 | Airframe (M20J)Certain serial numbers: M20J 24-0001–24-3381; M20L 26-0001–26-0041 |
| 95-26-16 R1 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Model M20J Airplanes | May 16, 1996 | Airframe (M20J)Certain serial numbers: M20J 24-0001–24-3250; M20J 24-3252–24-3374 |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Starting · starter · bolts looseJan 24, 1997
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START A/C AFTER LANDING AND GETTING FUEL, PILOT REPORTED STARTER STOPPED WORKING AND MIXTURE CABLE WOULD NOT MOVE. FOUND STARTER HOUSING ATTACH BOLTS COMPLETELY SHEARED OFF AND MISSING ALLOWING STARTER TO REST ON MIXTURE CONTORL ARM AT FUEL CONTROL UNIT. SUBMITTER STATES THIS…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Flight controls · spring · brokenOct 31, 1995
WHILE USING SPEED BRAKES IN IMC CONDITION, PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT MADE HARD LEFT TURN. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THE RETURN SPRING DID NOT ALLOW THE SPEED BRAKE IN ONE WING TO FULLY RETRACT CAUSING THE TURN SITUATION. THE RETURN SPRING WAS BROKEN AND WOULD NOT ALLOW SPEED BRAKE RETRACTION (TO OFF…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Engine oil · valve · loose crimp nutMay 15, 1995
REMOVED VALVE FOR INSPECTION IAW LYCOMING SB 518C, AND FOUND CRIMP NUT LOOSE. INSTALLED NEW VALVE, PN 53E19600, SN 64169, IN ORDER TO RELIEVE FURTHER INSPECTIONS REQUIRED IF VALVE HAD BEEN REWORKED IAW LYCOMING SI 1423. SUBMITTER BELIEVES IT IS MORE DESIREABLE TO INSTALL A NEW VALVE THAN TO REWORK…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026