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1966 CITABRIA 7GCBC CAP 2000

Name: 1966 CITABRIA 7GCBC CAP 2000
Brand: Float Plane
Price: 99000 USD
Availability: InStock

1966 Float Plane

Carrabassett Valley, ME Listed today

About this aircraft

$99,000 · FOR SALE · 1966 Citabria 7GCBC on CAP 2000 floats and seaplane propeller. Includes wheel gear and landplane propeller. TTAF 4958. Lycoming O-320-B2B with 745.5 SMOH. Aircraft was recovered in 2019 with Stits Poly-Fiber fabric top-coated with Aerothane paint. Fabric and paint are in great shape. Metal spar wings and aluminum wing struts, with increased gross weight, new from American Champion in 1999. Floats are tight and dry in good shape with good paint. Garmin GTR 225 Comm Radio. Electronics International CHT / EGT gauge. Brand new Concord Battery. Located at 2B7 on floats. Digital logs.

Specifications

Year: 1966
Total time (TTAF): 4,958 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 746 hrs
Engine: O-320-B2B
Damage history: None reported

Avionics & panel

Garmin GTR 225 Comm Radio
Electronics International CHT / EGT gauge

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

How this stacks up

2 in this listing's favor

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
No damage reported
The listing reports no prior damage — the seller's description, not the logbooks, so confirm it at a pre-buy
Engine has life left
1,254 hrs to TBO (63% of the 2,000-hr Lycoming O-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 746 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 2,000 hr TBO for the Lycoming O-320.

1,254 hrsto TBO

63% of TBO remaining

≈ 15 years to overhaul at its historical pace

1,254hrs left ÷ this aircraft's ~83 hrs/yr average. A rough projection — your own flying rate will change the timeline.

Engine reserve budget~$900/yr · ~$9/hr

Estimated overhaul cost ($18,000) 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 — 4,958 hrs total time across ~60 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈83 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 83 hrs/year over ~60 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. Engine reserve from the panel above is folded into the split. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,991/mo$23,890/yr

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

$99,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $8,890 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$99,000	$1,991/mo	$23,890/yr
1/2 share	$49,500	$1,495/mo	$17,945/yr
1/3 share	$33,000	$1,330/mo	$15,963/yr
1/4 share	$24,750	$1,248/mo	$14,973/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

$99,000

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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