290hr Zephyr engine, custom AeroComfort interior, custom full-Garmin panel, STEC AP, JPI 930, 290hr SPOH (no-AD), FULL Firewall Forward Restoration in 2024, always hangared, meticulously maintained, actively flying 150 hours/yr.
Everyone's after the truly turn-key airplane - the one that's regularly flown, always hangared, meticulously maintained, with all the right upgrades. N79489 checks every box.
Flown weekly by an expert Mooney CFI/CFII. Maintained by Mooney specialist and meticulously detailed with no maintenance deferred. Always hangared, and thoughtfully restored with modern, top-of-the-line upgrades with a completely new interior done in 2023 by AeroComfort - the top Mooney interior shop in the nation, a full firewall-forward overhaul (prop governor, oil cooler, fuel and oil hoses, exhaust, engine mount, Skytech starter, and more - all new/OH) with no expense spared, a flush one-piece powdercoated panel loaded with Garmin avionics, a complete electrical system overhaul, and many desirable upgrades like the O&N Fuel Bladders, electric step mod, CIES Fuel Senders, and B-Hub Prob that eliminates the 100hr recurring AD.
The coveted E model offers the best of the vintage short-bodies: it's fast, nimble, economical, and handles the best of Al Mooney's original design, all backed by the bulletproof Johnson Bar gear system. This is a plane that can comfortably and consistently do 142kts TAS at 7.5gph for 6 hours, the perfect blend of economy and speed when gas prices are high!
Airplane has a fresh annual, next annual due in 08/2027. Complete logs, no known damage history. Oil analysis performed at every oil change, have full history since Overhaul.
Avionics / Equipment
COMPLETE Panel Overhaul in 2022
- Custom flush one piece gunmetal grey powdercoated panel with laser-engraved text, meticulously organized around inflight flows
- Dual Garmin G5s with integrated TAS, OAT, & Winds Aloft
- STEC 30 Autopilot with Altitude Hold & GPS Steering driven by the G5s (Pitch Servo & Pitch Computer overhauled by STEC 12/2025, flies hands-off!)
- JPI EDM 930 Engine Monitor with CIES Fuel Senders accurate to 1/10th of a gallon, 3 new EGT probes installed in the last 12 months
- Garmin GMA345 Audio Panel with Bluetooth and 3D Audio
- Garmin GTR225 Comm
- Garmin GTX-335 ADS-B Out Transponder
- Garmin 430 WAAS GPS (freshly overhauled by Garmin in 2022 with new screen, control board, and buttons)
- Stratus USB Power Max with 65W Charging
- All circuit breakers replaced with all new wiring
- All switches replaced with new switches
- Headset jacks replaces, 2022
- Left side PTT replaced in 2026
- Nulites dimmable instrument backlights
- New Comm 1 and Comm 2 antennas installed with new digital coax cables in 2022
- New ELT Antenna, 2026
Pitot-Static & Transponder check current until 2027, ELT Batteries not due until 2029.
Airframe
- O&N Bladder STC, no leaks!
- LASAR Lower Cowl Enclosure Speed Mod
- LASAR One Piece Windshield Mod
- NEW Articulating Rosen visors, installed 2026
- NEW LASAR Gear Lock Block
- Whelen LED Beacon
- Whelen LED Landing Light
- LASAR Tie-Down & Jack Points
- Heated Pitot Tube
- Concorde RG battery with extra cranking amps regularly kept on battery minder
- NEW Michelin Air Tires & Tubes on all 3 tires, 2026
- Electric Step Retraction Mod installed, 2024
- Control Wheel 500hr AD recently complied with at 2026 annual
- Corrosion-X applied at every annual
- Paint is a 6/10, leading edges, wheel wells, + cowling show minor chipping & wear, but still glossy. Detailed annually and cleaned with Wash Wax All after every flight
- Old hail dings visible on ailerons (see last picture)
Engines / Mods / Prop
COMPLETE Firewall-Forward Overhaul in 2024:
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A Engine Overhauled by one of the top engine shops in the US: Zephyr Aircraft Engines, now at 290hrs SMOH
- Nickel Cylinders installed with silicone gaskets
- DLC Lifters (PREVENTS the top reason for overhaul in Lycoming engines!)
- New Camshaft
- GAMI Injectors (Current GAMI Spread of 0.3)
- SureFly Electronic Mag
- New lightweight Skytech Starter
- New PCU-5000 ATH-1 Prop Governor
- Exhaust system overhauled by ASI
- Engine mount overhauled & found corrosion-free and in alignment
- All new hardware: every bolt, washer & screw replaced with new
- All new SCAT tubes
- New oil and fuel hoses
- New Intake Boot (the unobtanium part!)
- New p-leads to mag installed
- New oil quick drain
- New battery solenoid
- New starter solenoid
- New LORD Vibration Isolator Mounts
- New oil cooler
- Fine-wire Spark Plugs on all cylinders
- Zeftronics Voltage Regulator (new, 2023)
- Plane Power Alternator (new, 2023)
- All new McFarlane engine controls with Vernier-Assist throttle
2026 Annual Compressions:
78/80, 80/80, 75/80, 80/80
Savvy borescope analysis performed throughout break-in and annual. Oil changes every 35 hours, Oil Analysis performed on every oil change, have the full history of the engine. Oil consumption 1qt/11.5hrs.
Hartzell 2-prop propeller OHed by certified Hartzell Prop Shop in Houston with new B-hub that removes the 100hr AD, 290hrs SPOH.
Propeller dynamically balanced in 2025 to 0.02 IPS
Runs butter smooth, starts on the first blade, runs extremely well lean of peak with CHTs in the low 300s.
Interior / Exterior
FULL Interior Restoration done in 2023 by the top shop for Mooney interiors, AeroComfort!
- Brand new leather seats with custom stitching and headrests with Mooney logo embroidery with luxury Confor foam
- NEW Alpha Aviation inertial reel shoulder harness seatbelts
- All soundproofing stripped and replaced
- Brand new carpets installed with the Mooney logo
- Headliner wrapped in ultraleather
- All side-plastics wrapped in ultraleather
- Yokes leather-wrapped with the Mooney logo
- All new placards
- New Rudder pedal boots
- New Johnson bar boot
- Leather flap handle cover
- Overhead vents, handles, and flap placards painted to match interior scheme
- NEW fuel selector plastic installed and painted to match interior scheme
- New leather windlace and seals around the main door and baggage doors
- New aileron and flap tube boots installed
- Custom leather-wrapped glareshield
Remarks
Meticulous records kept of the aircraft: Borescope images from break-in through the most recent annual, Blackstone oil analysis logs, upgrade progress images, Savvy Analysis, and a thorough spreadsheet with everything from years flown per year to screw part numbers. Complete logbooks since new with excellent maintenance history. No known damage history.
All ADs complied with in August, 2026 annual. Times will change as airplane flies weekly.
Garmin 430W currently out for repair.
