American Bonanza Society Magazine
Nine Years and 900 Hours A36 N7724M (E2222)
Michael Fallon, Lloyd Harbor, New York
Running my 1985 A36 Bonanza has been a joy. That said, “It ain’t nothin’.” I found N7724M (then known as N7223E) tucked away in the back of a hangar in Westerly, Rhode Island, in 2015 when I dropped in with my Skyhawk for some cheap fuel. She was tucked away in the back of a community hangar. I just noticed the nose peeking out from a dark corner of the hangar. I took the initiative to wander in and found my (soon-to-be) A36. A little dusty but a fine airplane that was well built in 1984, serial number E-2222, N7724M. It had 2200 TT at the time and 1250 SMOH on its 14-year-old IO-550B. I purchased 24M from the original owner who used it for business and pleasure. It was professionally flown for the most part and always hangared. Looking inside that first day revealed that almost all the original avionics and equipment were in place and looked to be in great shape. I was about to go down the road of finding out what these systems do and how they did it in 1985.