1960 BEECH M35 BONANZA

1960 Beechcraft Bonanza

Specifications

Year

1960

Total time (TTAF)

4,955 hrs

Engine time (SMOH)

803 hrs

Engine

Continental IO-470-C

Damage history

Yes

Avionics & panel

• Garmin 430W
• S-TEC autopilot
• uAvionix tailbeacon
• Interav alternator

Equipment list extracted from the seller's description. Verify with logbooks before purchase.

How this stacks up

• Fair price

  Near the going rate for similar-year, similar-hours Beechcraft Bonanza listings (5 comps)

• Listed today

  Listed more recently than ~100% of the 34 comparable Beechcraft Bonanza listings still for sale

• Prior damage reported

  The listing reports prior damage — ask for the repair records and focus the pre-buy on the repaired area

• Engine has life left

  697 hrs to TBO (46% of the 1,500-hr Continental IO-470 interval remaining) — an overhaul is well down the road

• 4/5 key specs

  Most key specs are provided; verify any missing details with the seller

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.

Engine Life

Based on 803 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 1,500 hr TBO for the Continental IO-470.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 4,955 hrs total time across ~66 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 75 hrs/year over ~66 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Damage history

Reported in the listing — confirm against the airframe and engine logbooks.

This listing reports prior damage. Properly repaired damage does not automatically disqualify an aircraft, but it can affect value, insurability, and resale. Ask the seller for the repair records (and any FAA Form 337s / STCs), and have a pre-buy inspection focus on the repaired area and the surrounding structure.

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. Engine reserve from the panel above is folded into the split. Your actual costs will vary.

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $9,680 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

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, engine reserve) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.