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Mooney M22

14 on the U.S. register. Built from 1967 to 1970; half of them date from 1968 or earlier. Texas has the most (2). 29% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

Mooney M22: Type of aircraft
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Mooney M22 Mustang on Wikipedia

About the M22 from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Lycoming Ti0-541 Ser (12), Lycoming Tio-541-A1A (1), Lycoming Tio-541 Ser (1)
Seats
5
Cruise speed
about 180 mph
Built of
aluminium · The pressurised Mustang: all-metal.
Maker on the register
Mooney
Registered
earliest certificate February 24, 1981; newest November 5, 2025

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual857%
Corporation321%
Co-owned214%
Partnership17%

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
M22141967 to 1970100.0%

When they were built by decade · 1 with no year on file

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
196011
19702

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20111
20151
20181
20191
20211
20223
20231
20241
20251

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid14100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard1071%
Special flight permit214%
Restricted17%
Experimental17%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Town Thomas L1Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee1Midamerica Aircraft Museum Foundation1Aero Pinu Sagri INC1
Largest fleets, as a table
aircraft
Town Thomas L1
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee1
Midamerica Aircraft Museum Foundation1
Aero Pinu Sagri INC1

Fleet pages: Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee

Accident history NTSB records · 2 cases since 1982, 0 fatal

1989-07-23MIA89LA205 · M22 N7738M · accident near Vero Beach, FL · no injuries
1982-12-03ATL83FKG04 · M22 N7728M · accident near Hampton, GA · no injuries

The 2 most recent of 2 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Mooney M22 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

14 as of October 26, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Mooney M22s?

Texas, with 2.

Who owns the Mooney M22?

29% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Mooney M22s on the register built?

Between 1967 and 1970; half of them in 1968 or earlier.

How many Mooney M22 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

2 accidents and incidents since 1982, 0 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Mooney M22 made of?

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The pressurised Mustang: all-metal. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Mooney M22 the component layer

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The pressurised Mustang: all-metal. The design is held under 1 type certificate (A6SW, held by Mooney Aircraft Corporation). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this model, most of them about instruments and avionics. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1996, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 7.1 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is instruments and avionics. 12 approved modifications exist for it, the most by Precise Flight INC.

FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first

2001-12-282001-23-17 · GNS 430 units · instruments and avionics
1998-12-2298-25-02 · Top-mounted Antenna · instruments and avionics
1986-01-0685-24-03 · Fuel Tank Bays and Rib Station Inspection · fuel system
1967-09-1667-26-04 · Altimeters · instruments and avionics

By system

Orders by system, as a table
ordersshare
Instruments and avionics375%
Fuel system125%

Failure reports 1 since 1996 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011196
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
961

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Instruments and avionics1100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Casting1

Latest reports

1996-05-30Casting: creep · instruments and avionics

Approved replacement parts 60 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: single phase (10), circuit breaker (10), scsi cable (3), remote cd (3), genesys compact (3), flight deck (3), ea ignition (2), drain valve (2), controller wire (2), volt series (1).

Approved modifications 12 supplemental type certificates

Changes the FAA has approved for this design, from new avionics and engines to floats and parachutes. The companies holding the most:

Latest

2005-11-30SA00432SE (PG 2) · Installation of EGT 701 series fuel flow instrument.
2004-07-07SA00071SE · Cockpit sun visor installation.
2004-02-08SA00861SE (PG 2) · Installation of J.P. Instruments (JPI) fuel flow indicating system in accordance with JPI...
2003-11-07SA2168NM · Installation of the Precise Flight stand-by vacuum system (SVS).
2003-11-07SA4342NM · Installation of Precise Flight 100 or 2000 Series Speedbrake System.

Certificates and bulletins

A6SWType certificate held by Mooney Aircraft Corporation · 1 model listed · revised December 1, 1973

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the M22 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engines
Where they are
Biggest operators
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/mooney/m22.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 14

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N7722V Mooney
M22
Individual owner
New Mexico
Experimental 2025-11-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7707M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
Wisconsin
Standard 2024-06-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7721M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2023-03-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N96MM Mooney
M22
Aero Pinu Sagri INC
Carthage, North Carolina
Standard 2022-12-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7730M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
California
Standard 2022-10-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7715M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2022-09-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7735M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
Oregon
Standard 2021-03-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7709M Mooney
M22
Co-owned owner
Florida
Standard 2019-10-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7727M Mooney
M22
Midamerica Aircraft Museum Foundation
Liberal, Kansas
Special flight permit 2018-09-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7739M Mooney
M22
Individual owner
North Dakota
Special flight permit 2015-03-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7706M Mooney
M22
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee
Snellville, Georgia
Standard 2011-03-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7712M Mooney
M22
Town Thomas L
Chino Valley, Arizona
Restricted 2009-11-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N66179 Mooney
M22
Individual owner
North Dakota
Standard 1999-07-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7722M Mooney
M22
Co-owned owner
Arkansas
Standard 1981-02-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes