Pre-buy records report
1978 Mooney M20J
Serial 24-0000 (sample) · 149 logbook entries · 412 pages · 1979–2026
Records through Jun 14, 2026 · Report version 1, created Oct 20, 2026 · Prepared from the owner’s records · SAMPLE: fictional aircraft
Airframe total time
3,421.6 h
Engine since overhaul
1,184 h
TBO 2,000 h
Propeller since overhaul
902 h
TBO 2,400 h
Last annual
Jun 14, 2026
Transponder check
Feb 18, 2025
Pitot-static check
Feb 18, 2025
ELT
Jun 14, 2026
ADs found in the books
6
Things to look at
4
Every entry opens the logbook page it came from. Times are shown as written in the logbooks.
Click any year on the chart to see its entries below
Hours per year are estimated: tach hours between logbook entries, spread evenly.
Engine
Lycoming IO-360-A3B6D
S/N L-00000-51A (sample) · total time 3,104.2 h
Overhauled or installed Mar 2009 · past the 12-year calendar limit (Mar 2021)
Engine work since the overhaul
Compressions (latest 3)
| Date | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2026 | 76/80 | 74/80 | 77/80 | 72/80 | |
| Jun 14, 2025 | 75/80 | 75/80 | 76/80 | 74/80 | |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 77/80 | 73/80 | 76/80 | 75/80 |
Oil: about 13 h per quart (0.080 qt/h) · last change Jun 14, 2026 at tach 2985
Propeller
Hartzell HC-C2YK-1BF
S/N CH00000 (sample)
Overhauled or installed Sep 2011 · past the 6-year calendar limit (Sep 2017)
Weight and balance: latest report dated Sep 15, 2019. We never copy weight-and-balance figures. Always use the signed report.
These ADs are listed for this make and model. We didn’t find an entry for them. That can mean complied with but not written up, written up in a book that wasn’t provided, or not applicable to this serial number. Ask your mechanic to check.
FAA AD data as of Oct 1, 2026.
Entries containing words like “damage”, “prop strike” or “incident”. Some say there was none; read each one.
Prop strike inspection per Lycoming SB 533; engine teardown inspection Sudden stoppage inspection after prop strike on taxi. Teardown inspection, no defects found.
Propeller overhauled by repair station after prop strike; yellow tag on file
No NTSB accident or incident record found for this make and serial number.
Worth asking the seller and your pre-buy mechanic about. None of these is a conclusion about the aircraft.
Annuals found 2016-06-14 and 2018-06-14. Ask whether a logbook or loose pages are missing, and whether the plane flew in between.
A tach replacement is written up nearby; check the totals carry across.
It may be complied with but unrecorded, or recorded in a book not provided. Ask your mechanic to check.
Ask the seller for copies.
Findings reflect the pages provided. Pages that are missing, illegible or not provided can’t be reflected here.