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Do you take the cowl off a 172 when you pre-flight it? I have never and 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
	was never taught to do that. Besides the gaping hole in the m20c cowl should allow you to peek at just about everything. Jon Kraus PP-ASEL-IA Student Mooney Owner '79 M20J @ TYQ Michael Adams wrote: I have been reading about the Mooney M20C, E, F series planes, and it has been mentioned that there are so many screws holding the cowl on, that many pilots do not do a full preflight. Is this the case? That seems like a safety problem. Michael  | 
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