1961 Piper Comanche PA-24-180

1961 Piper Comanche PA-24-180

Specifications

Year

1961

Total time (TTAF)

2,253 hrs

How this stacks up

• Below market

  $38,000 (35%) below the family-wide median of 28 Piper Comanche PA-24-180 listings (year & hours not controlled)

• Listed today

  Listed more recently than ~100% of the 28 comparable Piper Comanche PA-24-180 listings still for sale

• 2/5 key specs

  Key information is missing — ask the seller about hours, engine time, and registration

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 — 2,253 hrs total time across ~65 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

Low-time for its age

This airframe has averaged about 35 hrs/year over ~65 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.

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,720 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

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.