N5888Q1965 Mooney M20C
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply2 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Cross The Line Sales INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- Lexington, NC
- Certificate issued
- Jun 22, 2023
- Expires
- Jun 30, 2030
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Aug 12, 1965
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
- M20C
- Year
- 1965
- Serial number
- 3152
- 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
- A7971F
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming O&Vo-360 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- 2023 – nowCross The Line Sales INCLexington, 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 (4)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-04 | Mooney International Corporation Airplanes | Feb 13, 2023 | Airframe (M20C)Certain serial numbers: …–680170 |
| 2014-15-18 | Fuselage, Stabilizer Attach Fittings | Aug 20, 2014 | Airframe (M20C)Certain serial numbers: M20C 2313; M20E 761; M20M 27-0057; M20R 29-0141; M20R 29-0513–29-0519; M20TN 31-0101–31-0127 |
| 2012-05-09 | Mooney Aviation Company, Inc. (Mooney) Airplanes | Mar 20, 2012 | Airframe (M20C) |
| 2004-25-04 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Models M20B, M20C, M20D, M20E, M20F, M20G, and M20J Airplanes | Jan 21, 2005 | Airframe (M20C)Only with: Equipped with an O & N Bladder Fuel Cell installed per STC SA2277CE or STC SA2350CE (for M20B, incorporated by field approval). |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (2)
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.
- Autoflight · autopilot sys · malfunctionedApr 11, 2012
DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT AND HAND FLEW ACFT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. SHORTLY AFTER INITIATING DESCENT TO LAND, AILERONS BEGAN TO "SEIZE." ELEVATOR STILL HAD FULL MOVEMENT, THEN IT ALSO BEGAN TO SEIZE. IT TOOK ABOUT FIVE TO TEN SECONDS TO LOSE AILERON AUTHORITY, THEN ELEVATOR AUTHORITY. STILL HAD FULL…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Stabilizers · hinge fitting · crackedAug 18, 1995
LOWER ATTACHMENT EAR OF UPPER RUDDER ATTACH HINGE ASSY ON VERTICAL STABILIZER FOUND CRACKED DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED LOWER EAR OF LOWER HINGE BRACKET, PN 914002-13, OF VERTICAL STABILIZER CRACKED ALSO. IMPROPER RUDDER BOLT INSTALLATION AND RUDDER INSTALLATION…
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