Mooney M20F
N9068V is a Mooney M20F, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Mooresville, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 25, 1968.
Where is it now Last seen October 8 at 12:18 pm.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mooney
- Model
- M20F · all M20Fs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. The first M20 and M20A (1955 to 1960) had wooden wings and tails; all later ones are metal. This is how the Mooney M-20 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 690012
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Cruising speed
- 127 mph
- Transponder code
- AC88FA (octal 53104372)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 29, 2026
- Expires
- October 31, 2033
- Last FAA action
- October 29, 2026
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · November 25, 1968
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00131251
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pyle Brian D
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 136 Kingshall Rd
Mooresville, NC 28117-5712
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N9068V links to the rest of the register
- Mooney M-20 6,245 registered
- Mooney 5,394 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-360 series 8,561 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Mooresville, NC 188 aircraft registered in this town
- Lake Norman Airpark · 14A
- North Carolina 7,126 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Mooney M-20 66 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Mooney M-20 627 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Mooney M-20 495 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-360 series 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-360 series 39 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Support, cracked · 2024-05-27
- Where N9068V is now · Last seen October 8 at 12:18 pm.
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The public federal record on N9068V, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Pyle Brian D, an individual, certificate issued October 29, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated November 25, 1968, consistent with the 1968 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 690012 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N9068V according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N9068V: Accident on October 8, 2026 at Anderson, IN: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mooney M20F · operated under 091
On October 8, 2026, about 1400 central daylight time, a Mooney M20F airplane, N9068V, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Anderson, Indiana. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight test. The pilot reported that the purpose of the flight was to conduct a post-maintenance test flight. Shortly after takeoff, the pilot observed a pronounced left rolling tendency, and he decided to return to land at the airport. The pilot stated that during the approach the airplane was stable, but needed significan…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data