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1978 PIPER ARCHER II

1978 Piper Archer

Bucyrus, OH Listed today

About this aircraft

$179,900 · TRADES WELCOME · Ultra well-equipped Archer II with low total time of 3650 hours, very low engine time of 95 hours since major overhaul (Michigan Aviation 2015), very clean cosmetics, all logbooks since new, no known major damage history, and great Garmin panel featuring a GTN650Xi, GNS430W, dual G5 indicators, Garmin GTX345 transponder, Garmin Smart Glide and Garmin GFC500 autopilot! Good paint and interior, annual due July 1, 2027 and useful load of 966 pounds!

Specifications

Year
1978

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

$1,983/mo$23,799/yr

≈ $238 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$179,900 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $8,799 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

OwnershipBuy-inMonthlyAnnual
Full ownership (sole)$179,900$1,983/mo$23,799/yr
1/2 share$89,950$1,492/mo$17,900/yr
1/3 share$59,967$1,328/mo$15,933/yr
1/4 share$44,975$1,246/mo$14,950/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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Price

$179,900

Co-ownership available

2 co-ownership shares listed for Piper Archer aircraft on ClubHanger.

From $16,000 buy-in — split the fixed costs with a partner instead of owning outright.

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Listing trust

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  • Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
  • Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
  • Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
  • Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.
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