New In The BAS Disassembly Hangar September 15, 2025

When Cirrus set out to build the Vision Jet, they weren’t trying to make just another business jet. They wanted something new: a personal jet that was sleek, simple to fly, and within reach for pilots moving up from piston singles. The result was the world’s first certified single-engine civilian jet, delivered in 2016 after a long road of prototypes, funding drama, and engineering challenges. Powered by a single Williams FJ33 turbofan, wrapped in an all-composite carbon fiber body, and loaded with safety features like the whole-airframe parachute and Garmin’s autoland system, the SF50 quickly became the best-selling business jet in the world - earning the prestigious Collier Trophy in 2018.

The Vision Jet doesn’t just look futuristic - it flies that way too. It cruises at around 300 knots, seats up to seven (if you squeeze a kid or two in the back row), and offers a panoramic view from its oversized cockpit windows. Add in pressurization, a roomy cabin, and cutting-edge avionics, and you’ve got a jet that feels more like stepping into a luxury SUV with wings than a traditional business aircraft. By the end of 2024, over 600 had been delivered, proving that Cirrus nailed their goal of creating the “personal jet” category.

But even the best jets can have bad days. The Vision Jet currently parked in our hangar had a snowy run-in of the less glamorous kind. After landing on a winter day, it slid off the runway and found itself in a snowbank, leaving one wing substantially damaged. While that misadventure may have ended its flying career, it’s not the end of its story. Now it’s our turn to carefully disassemble it - rescuing valuable parts that will live on in other SF50s still zipping through the skies. Because at BAS, even a snowbank can’t stop us from giving an airplane a second life.

Here's what this bird has to offer:

Mooney’s M20 line is Al Mooney’s greatest hit: low-wing, all-metal rockets that squeeze big speed out of modest fuel burn. After wooden-wing beginnings in the ’50s, the design evolved through metalized “short,” “medium,” and “long” bodies, racking up more than 11,000 airframes and a cult following along the way. Then came the turbocharged era - and with it, the M20K: a slippery airframe married to a Continental TSIO-360 and the kind of efficiency that makes cross-countries feel like quick errands.

The first M20K, the 231, landed in ’79 boasting, you guessed it, 231 mph on the tin. Mooney kept refining the recipe - better cooling, soundproofing, and eventually the 252 and Encore - but the core vibe never changed: go fast, sip fuel, look sharp doing it. Signature features like the distinctive forward-raked tail and that trim-by-moving-the-whole-tailplane setup kept the K both recognizable and wickedly precise in the hands of pilots who know their numbers.

Our visitor? It had a bad day: a gear-up landing that polished the belly and sidelined the airplane for good. The good news is that Mooneys are parts goldmines. From turbo and induction bits to control surfaces, gear components, interior pieces, and those famously tight airframe panels, this M20K is about to donate a whole lot of life to Mooneys still blasting along in the flight levels. One final sprint - for parts - coming right up.

Here's What We Expect:

• Continental TSIO-360-B (prop strike, cracked crankshaft)
• Late model control yokes ($2500 for pair) 
• Rosen sun visor system 
• Uavionix Tailbeacon (ADS-B)  
• Garmin GPS 155XL 
• King KY-197 Comm Transceiver 
• King KR-87 ADF Receiver 
• King KNS-80 NAV Receiver 
• King KT-76A 
• And Much More!!!

Born from post-WWII “let’s modernize everything” energy, the Bonanza line took the premium GA slot and never gave it back. All-metal, retractable gear, and real cross-country legs - Beech built a reputation on speed, polish, and that signature Bonanza feel. Over the decades the family branched out, but the mission stayed the same: go far, go fast, look sharp doing it.

Enter the A36 Bonanza - the stretched, straight-tail variant with true six-seat utility and those handy double doors. It pairs Beechcraft fit-and-finish with a brawny Continental up front, making it a favorite for family hauls, business hops, and “let’s just go” weekends. Call it the sweet spot: Bonanza performance with cabin comfort and load-it-up practicality.

Our A36 had an unlucky arrival: on landing it struck a metal stake that punched through the lower fuselage and tore aft all the way to the tail. Rough day, but not the end of the story. Now it’s in our hangar, where we’ll strip, inspect, and salvage a treasure trove - skins and stringers, control surfaces, landing-gear bits, avionics, interior pieces, and more - so other Bonanzas can keep chewing up miles in style.

Here are some of the many componenets we'll recover:

• Continental IO-550-B, no prop strike, 1316 SMOH
• McCauley D3A32C490B 3-Blade Propeller, 805 SMOH
• Garmin G3X
• Garmin GTX-345 ADS-B Transponder
• Garmin GNS-530W WAAS/GPS/Nav/Comm
• Garmin GNS-430W WAAS/GPS/Nav/Comm (Screen in bad shape)
• Garmin GMA-340 Audio Panel
• High speed landing gear transmission
• Flap and landing gear motor
• D’Shannon engine baffle kit
• And So Much More!