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METAL SPAR 1972 7GCBC CITABRIA

Name: METAL SPAR 1972 7GCBC CITABRIA
Brand: Bellanca
Price: 92000 USD
Availability: InStock

1972 Bellanca Citabria

Swartz Creek, MI Listed 5 days ago

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About this aircraft

$92,000 · AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR TRADE · • Annual 8/25 • <3000 TT Airframe • Wings recovered 2013 Milman Metal Spars installed, fuselage recovered 2014 • Full logs since new Engine: • 150 HP IO-320 • ~900 SMOH • ~400 hrs since Millennium cylinders • Prop OH ~70 hrs • New mags 70 hrs Equipment: • AV-30 • JPI w/ fuel flow • ADS-B Out • Whelen strobes • 406 ELT • New interior • Hooker harnesses • Aileron spades • Rebuilt tailwheel & new springs • New control bushings • New battery • New brake pads

Specifications

Year: 1972
Total time (TTAF): 3,000 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 900 hrs
Engine: IO-320
Annual due: Jul 2025
Damage history: Yes

Avionics & panel

ADS-B compliant

ADS-B Out equipped. No glass, GPS, or autopilot found in the listing — ask the owner about the full panel.

ADS-B Out

AV-30
JPI w/ fuel flow
ADS-B Out
Whelen strobes
406 ELT

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

How this stacks up

1 in this listing's favor2 to ask about

Fair price
Near the going rate for similar-year, similar-hours Bellanca Citabria listings (4 comps)
Listed 5 days ago
Listed longer than ~100% of the 16 comparable Bellanca Citabria listings still for sale
Annual may be overdue
The listing states the annual was due Jul 2025 — confirm the aircraft has a current annual before you commit
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
1,100 hrs to TBO (55% of the 2,000-hr Lycoming IO-320 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 900 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 2,000 hr TBO for the Lycoming IO-320.

1,100 hrsto TBO

55% of TBO remaining

≈ 19.5 years to overhaul at its historical pace

1,100hrs left ÷ this aircraft's ~56 hrs/yr average. A rough projection — your own flying rate will change the timeline.

Engine reserve budget~$1,000/yr · ~$10/hr

Estimated overhaul cost ($20,000) spread over 2,000 hr TBO at 100 hrs/yr — a rule of thumb, not a quote.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 3,000 hrs total time across ~54 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈56 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 56 hrs/year over ~54 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Annual inspection

Required every 12 calendar months. Read off the listing's stated annual-due date — confirm against the logbooks.

Jul 2025Verify

Annual inspection may be overdue

The listing states the annual was due Jul 2025, about 13 months ago — confirm the aircraft has a current annual, and budget ~$2,500 if it still needs one.

Damage history

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

Prior damage reportedReported

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.

Pre-purchase inspection guide

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.

As a sole owner

$1,993/mo$23,920/yr

≈ $239 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$92,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $8,920 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$92,000	$1,993/mo	$23,920/yr
1/2 share	$46,000	$1,497/mo	$17,960/yr
1/3 share	$30,667	$1,331/mo	$15,973/yr
1/4 share	$23,000	$1,248/mo	$14,980/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, engine reserve) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$92,000

~51% above market · $61k median · 16 comps

ClubHanger Estimate

Above market

Asking $31,000 (51%) above the median Bellanca Citabria listing.

16 other Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now range $25,000–$118,500 (median $61,000) — this one is priced above 88% of them.

$25,000$118,500

this listingmedian

Deal check

Fair price

Right around the going rate for similar-year, similar-hours Bellanca Citabria listings.

Compared with 4 Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now within ±5 years and comparable total time — controlling for the two biggest value drivers, so this is a genuine value read (median $90,500).

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

Listed 5 days ago — on the market longer than ~100% of the 16 similar Bellanca Citabria listings for sale now

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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