Robert M. Gary wrote:

Again, contrary to my experience. In the Mooney community the factory
service centers frequently fly out to airports with a prop and a pair
of jacks after a gear up landing. Jack the plane up, swap the prop, and
fly it back to the shop. I've never heard of any shop having any
problems getting a Lycoming Mooney back to the shop

-Robert

That's normal procedure. Get it out of there with a ferry permit, then
do the major work in the shop. The crank maty be bent or cracked, so
that's the reason for the permit: to limit risk to passengers or people
and property on the ground. The fact that they jacked it up, put on
another prop and flew it back does not in any way prove that the engine
isn't going to fail within the next 100 hours or whatever.

Dan