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PIPER J-3

Name: PIPER J-3
Brand: Piper
Price: 68000 USD
Availability: InStock

1940 Piper

Clarkston, WA Listed today

About this aircraft

$68,000 · FOR SALE · 1940 J-3 Cub Great Shape, TT 3407, 469 SMOH, 0-200 100hp Continental, 8.50s, 10”tw New: Prop 72/40 152hr,Tack, Muffler, Battery, Garmin 225 Radio, Wires, Good Logs, 4 hrs since Aug 2025 Annual, Wing tanks 30 gal, LW starter, Oil filter, Sealed Struts, PA18 Step, Carb rebuilt, Back Case Reworked, Generator inspected, tested, ELT 2027, King Tspr KT-76A checked

Specifications

Year: 1940

How this stacks up

1 to ask about

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
1/5 key specs
Key information is missing — ask the seller about hours, engine time, and registration

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,890/mo$22,680/yr

≈ $227 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$68,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,680 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$68,000	$1,890/mo	$22,680/yr
1/2 share	$34,000	$1,445/mo	$17,340/yr
1/3 share	$22,667	$1,297/mo	$15,560/yr
1/4 share	$17,000	$1,223/mo	$14,670/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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