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FOR SALE

Name: FOR SALE
Brand: Bellanca
Price: 90000 USD
Availability: InStock

1972 Bellanca

Devils Lake, ND Listed 3 months ago

About this aircraft

$90,000 · AVAILABLE · 1972 Bellanca Decathlon. I0-320-E1A TT: 2793.4 SMOH: 87.0 Always hangered and well maintained. Current annual with strong compressions (78/80, 74/80, 76/80, 74/80). Casper Labs oil filter STC, new gear legs, Michelin 6.00-6 tires, ACK ELT E-04, Airpath C2300 magnetic compass, electric artificial horizon, Garmin GTR200B Comm Transceiver. New wood spar wings (finished with Stewarts Systems topcoat in 2022), windshield, aeleron spades. Hooker Harness front and back. Hartzell CS prop. Garmin 296 GPS. 549.5 useful load. Honest, solid-flying aircraft with complete logs.

Specifications

Year: 1972
Total time (TTAF): 2,793 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 87 hrs
Damage history: None reported

Avionics & panel

GPS navigator installed

GPS navigator listed. Verify WAAS capability and IFR certification with the owner.

GPS navigator

ACK ELT E-04
Airpath C2300 magnetic compass
Electric artificial horizon
Garmin GTR200B Comm Transceiver
Garmin 296 GPS

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

How this stacks up

2 in this listing's favor

Listed 3 months ago
Long listing cycle — seller may have flexibility on price
No damage reported
The listing reports no prior damage — the seller's description, not the logbooks, so confirm it at a pre-buy
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 — 2,793 hrs total time across ~54 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈52 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 52 hrs/year over ~54 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Damage history

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

No damage history reportedNone reported

This listing reports no prior damage. That is a positive sign, but the flag reflects the seller’s description, not the logbooks — confirm it during a pre-buy. Undocumented or unrepaired damage is a classic red flag, so have an independent inspector review the airframe and engine records before you commit.

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. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,908/mo$22,900/yr

≈ $229 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$90,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,900 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$90,000	$1,908/mo	$22,900/yr
1/2 share	$45,000	$1,454/mo	$17,450/yr
1/3 share	$30,000	$1,303/mo	$15,633/yr
1/4 share	$22,500	$1,227/mo	$14,725/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

$90,000

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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