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1981 PIPER SARATOGA SP

Name: 1981 PIPER SARATOGA SP
Brand: Piper
Price: 285000 USD
Availability: InStock

1981 Piper Saratoga

Birmingham, AL Listed today

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About this aircraft

$285,000 · PRICED TO SELL · 1981 PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP, N83988. Newly Rebuilt Engine with only 200 hours. Approx 2,400 TT, approx 200 SMOH, new prop with approx 200 hrs. Rebuilt mags, Sky-Tec starter, new baffling and battery. Garmin GTN 750, Garmin G5, JPI EDM-790, Stormscope, OEM Century 41 autopilot. Hangared its entire life, complete logs, new weight and balance, annual March 2026. Six seats, club seating. Original interior, no A/C. Starts right up and flies great. Logs available to serious buyers. Birmingham, AL. Call or text Marshall 205-789-8475.

Specifications

Year: 1981

How this stacks up

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Below market
$71,200 (20%) below the family-wide median of 20 Piper Saratoga listings (year & hours not controlled)
Listed today
Listed more recently than ~100% of the 20 comparable Piper Saratoga listings still for sale
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

$2,071/mo$24,850/yr

≈ $249 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$285,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $9,850 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$285,000	$2,071/mo	$24,850/yr
1/2 share	$142,500	$1,535/mo	$18,425/yr
1/3 share	$95,000	$1,357/mo	$16,283/yr
1/4 share	$71,250	$1,268/mo	$15,213/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

$285,000

~20% below market · $356k median · 20 comps

ClubHanger Estimate

Below market

Asking $71,200 (20%) below the median Piper Saratoga listing.

20 other Piper Saratoga listings for sale now range $159,000–$675,000 (median $356,200) — this one is priced above 40% of them.

$159,000$675,000

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Compares this asking price to all Piper Saratoga listings — actual value also depends on year, hours, and avionics. An estimate, not an appraisal or an offer.

Listed today — listed more recently than ~100% of the 20 similar Piper Saratoga listings for sale now

Co-ownership available

5 co-ownership shares listed for Piper aircraft on ClubHanger.

From $8,000 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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