Why doesn my local mechanic like working on Mooneys?
Remember, even though Mooneys are perhaps used or flown more frequently by their owners far more than the less efficient brand B, P, Or C’s, at some 7,000 in the U.S., there simply aren’t as many of them around as the others. Compare this figure to 18,000 V tails, well over 30,000 Cherokee series Pipers and who knows how many Cessna’s. While many local mechanics will never like to admit it, but they simply don’t work on nearly as many of them as the other designs. Human nature being what it is, most A&P’s feel that if they annual or work on two, three or four a year they know Mooneys. That simply isn’t the case. Also, there isn’t as much room behind the engine between the accessory case and the firewall on M20’s as there is on most other brands. That is where most usual A&P type work is done. So, combined with the tight spaces, and not working on nearly as many, most A&P’s simply aren’t understandably as experienced or enthusiastic. To put some humor to it, our guys only work on Mooney
