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1979 Mooney M20K 231Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Las Vegas, NV, USA

This 1979 Mooney M20K 231 (N231VA) presents a well-maintained turbocharged platform with 3,525 hours total time on the airframe. The aircraft is powered by a 210 HP Continental TSIO-360-GB engine (LB-converted in 1995) showing 1,462 hours SMOH and 187 hours since a top/bottom overhaul following a 2017 prop strike. The composite 3-blade MT propeller was installed new during that same maintenance event and currently shows 187 hours. Recent avionics highlights include a Garmin GNS430W WAAS GPS and a 406 MHz ELT, complemented by a Century 41 autopilot and Garmin GPSMAP 696 for situational awareness.

The aircraft underwent a full exterior...

Year: 1979

Make: Mooney

Series: M20K

Model: M20K 231

Tail #: N231VA

Serial #: 25-0184

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Business, Recreational

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 971 lbs

Seats: 4

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 3,525 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 1,462 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 187 hrs (SMOH)

Logbook Status: Complete and Consecutive Logbooks

Inspection Status: Last Annual Inspection March 2025. LH Fuel tank re-seal May 2025.

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GNS 430W - WAAS/NAV/COM/ILS/GPS Color Moving Map

Comms

Bendix King KX-155 - NAV/COM on Com#2

Autopilot

Century 41 - Autopilot w/altitude hold and NAV or heading track modes

Audio

Bendix King KMA-20 - TSO Audio Panel w/3-Light Marker Beacons

Weather

Garmin GPSMAP 696 - GPSMAP VFR Color Moving Map GPS (with XM Radio Weather available by subscription)

ADS-B Out

Appareo Stratus ESG - ESG Mode Transponder with ADS-B Out

EMS/EIS

Insight G2 - Color Graphic Multi-Channel Engine Monitor

Additional Equipment

ELT

Artex 345 - model 406 ELT with panel-mounted emergency auto-switch

Oxygen System

Four place built-in Supplemental Oxygen System

Strobe Lights

Whellen Wing Strobe Lights

Landing Lights

Whellen LED Landing and Taxi Lights

Exhaust System

Engine Exhaust System overhauled, 5/14

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year: 2013

Paint Year: 2013

Interior Notes: Interior replaced with ivory & camel Ultraleather and matching side panels, 01/13. Headliner installed 01/13. Bulkhead plastics are cracked and marred in some places.