N78MP1988 Mooney M20L
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19823 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Moorpark, CA
- Certificate issued
- Oct 30, 2009
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 18, 1988
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
- M20L
- Year
- 1988
- Serial number
- 26-0010
- 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
- AA8F4E
Engine
- Make and model
- Porsche Pfm3200n03
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 217 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2009 – nowIndividual ownerMoorpark, CA · 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 (3)
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 (M20L) |
| 99-04-15 | Dr.Ing.h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft (Porsche) 3200N01, N02, and N03 Reciprocating… | Apr 12, 1999 | Engine (PFM3200N03) |
| 97-26-08 | Mooney Aircraft Corporation Models M20F, M20J, and M20L Airplanes | Jan 20, 1998 | Airframe (M20L)Certain serial numbers: M20J 24-0001–24-3381; M20L 26-0001–26-0041 |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
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.
- Landing gear · link · crackedOct 5, 2000
DURING ANNUAL INSP, NOTICED PAINT ON OUTSIDE OF THE SHOCK LINK SHOWED SIGNS OF METAL UNDERNEATH CRACKING. PAINT REMOVED, PART VISUALLY AND DYE PENETRANT INSPECTED. NO CRACKS FOUND. NOTICED SHOCK DISCS COMPRESSED OUT OF LIMITS. UPON REMOVAL, NOTICED SHOCK LINK CRACKED ON INSIDE. IN JUNE, 2000 A…
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