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ARION LIGHTNING - CLEAN LOADED

Name: ARION LIGHTNING - CLEAN LOADED
Brand: Experimental
Price: 68000 USD
Availability: InStock

2011 Experimental

Carson City, NV Listed today

About this aircraft

$68,000 · PRICE SLASHED · Yes this is still available if you see this add. N481SL Full dual controls, Jabiru 3300 Six Cylinder 120 HP engine S/N 33a 2305 Gen 3, Sensenich composite propeller, GRT Glass Panel with ADS-B in with integrated GRT Auto Pilot, ADS-B out, Garmin GTX 327 Transponder, Garmin AERA Nav panel/system, Garmin SL30 NAV/Com, GA-1000 heated pitot tube, additional TS Attitude Indicator, additional Engine Information System, additional analog airspeed indicator, KanNed ELT. Updated Tail. Aircraft S/N 121 with 518 hours engine/airframe. 2011 E-AB.Transition training available with Sport Aviation Center. · VISIT MY WEBSITE

Specifications

Year: 2011
Total time (TTAF): 518 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 518 hrs

Avionics & panel

Autopilot installed

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

ADS-B OutAutopilot

GRT Glass Panel
ADS-B in
GRT Auto Pilot
ADS-B out
Garmin GTX 327 Transponder
Garmin AERA Nav panel
Garmin SL30 NAV/Com
GA-1000 heated pitot tube
TS Attitude Indicator
Engine Information System
analog airspeed indicator
KanNed ELT

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

How this stacks up

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
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 — 518 hrs total time across ~15 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈35 hrs/yrLow time

Low-time for its age

This airframe has averaged about 35 hrs/year over ~15 years — light use for a personal aircraft. Fewer hours can mean lighter wear, but aircraft that sit also risk dried seals, corrosion, and stale fuel-system components. Ask how regularly it's flown and what the recent annual inspections found.

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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Price

$68,000

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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