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The plane did not land on or collide with any other vehicles when it crashed, but an unoccupied vehicle nearby caught fire as a result of the incident, Plano police said.
The plane was a Mooney M20, built in 1969, according to the Federal Aviation Authority. It smashed into a tree on the ground and sustained heavy damage to the cabin area, the local outlet reported ...
On Thursday, January 15, 1987, SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834, a Swearingen SA-226TC (METRO II), and a Mooney M20 were involved in a midair collision at 12:52 MST (UTC −7) near Kearns, Utah, a suburb southwest of Salt Lake City. All ten aboard the two aircraft were killed: two pilots and six passengers aboard the METRO II and two aboard the Mooney.
The Mooney M20 has medium aspect-ratio tapered wings with 1.5 degrees of washout and 5.5 degrees of dihedral. Later models were equipped with stall strips to improve the stall characteristics. [52] The empennage of the Mooney M20 is easily recognizable by its unique tail fin with a vertical leading edge. (The tail fin looks as though it is ...
During 1955, Mooney sold 10 of the M20 airplanes. Due to start-up costs, they lost US$3000 on each airplane. Production increased, and they delivered 51 airplanes in 1956 and 105 airplanes in 1957. The M20 gained attention because it was able to achieve speeds of up to 170 miles per hour (270 km/h) with a 150 hp (110 kW) Lycoming O-320
The original article before my edit was a mixture of general M20 info (such as the safety stats) and model-specific M20J info. I think it's appropriate to have a general Mooney M20 article (as the title suggests), just like the general Piper Cherokee, Cessna 172, etc. articles.
After some problems with engine selection and the decision to replace them, Mooney began his next design, the M20, a four-place design of metal construction (the M-18 was made largely of wood). In 1953, the corporation's main financial backer, Al Yankey, died of a stroke before proper funding had been finalized for the M20.
Mooney M20; Mooney M-18 Mite; Mooney M10T; Mooney M22 Mustang; T. Mooney TX-1 This page was last edited on 3 April 2013, at 17:04 (UTC). Text is available under the ...