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GARMIN 1973 PIPER CHALLENGER

Name: GARMIN 1973 PIPER CHALLENGER
Brand: Piper
Price: 131500 USD
Availability: InStock

1973 Piper

Brookline, MA Listed 2 months ago

About this aircraft

$131,500 · NEW TO MARKET · FEATURED AIRCRAFT. HANGARED-GARMIN EQUIPPED, ALT.HOLD COUPLED A/P, ADSB IN- OUT, HSI, ENG. MONITOR, MORE. 4,365 TT, 1,695 SMOH (2,000 TBO). Great comps & oil analysis. LEATHER INT., WONDERFUL EXTERIOR PAINT, ARCHER CONFIG.LONGER FUSELAGE, WINGS WITH KNOTS 2-U UPSWEPT WING TIPS w/ BUILT IN LANDING LIGHTS. Avionics Master Switches, Tanis Eng. Heater, Electronics Int.CGR-30 Eng. Mon., Elec. Trim, Whelan G3 Lower Cowl nose light, LED Position lights (LED Upgrades), Pilot/ Co-Pilot deluxe yokes w push to talk built in, Rosen Sun-Visors, Vertical Compass & Four Place Intercom System, Wheel Fairings. · VISIT MY WEBSITE

Specifications

Year: 1973
Total time (TTAF): 4,365 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 1,695 hrs

Avionics & panel

Autopilot installed

Autopilot listed but no GPS navigator detected. Ask the owner about the full IFR navigation suite.

ADS-B OutAutopilot

Garmin GTN
Autopilot with ALT.HOLD
ADS-B In/Out
HSI
Engine Monitor
CGR-30 Engine Monitor
Four Place Intercom
Vertical Compass

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

How this stacks up

Listed 2 months ago
On the market for a month or more — worth asking about negotiating room
3/5 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.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 4,365 hrs total time across ~53 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈82 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 82 hrs/year over ~53 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

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

$1,943/mo$23,315/yr

≈ $233 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$131,500 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $8,315 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$131,500	$1,943/mo	$23,315/yr
1/2 share	$65,750	$1,472/mo	$17,658/yr
1/3 share	$43,833	$1,314/mo	$15,772/yr
1/4 share	$32,875	$1,236/mo	$14,829/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

$131,500

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

2/4

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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