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HELIO COURIER 391-B

Name: HELIO COURIER 391-B
Brand: Float Plane
Price: 125000 USD
Availability: InStock

2004 Float Plane

Houston, TX Listed today

About this aircraft

$125,000 · PRICE REDUCED · Helio 391-B. TT 3774.9 Lycoming GO-435-C2B2-6 260hp 175 SMOH, Hartzell BHC-A2MV20-1 30soh. Flown regularly. Once owned by actor and husband of Barbra Steisand; James Broland. Judges Choice and Preservation award SunnFun 2004. Featured in National Geographics August 1964 while flying missionary missions in South America. Seen on: · BACKYARDS INTO RUNWAYS!

Specifications

Year: 2004
Total time (TTAF): 3,775 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 175 hrs
Engine: Lycoming GO-435-C2B2-6

How this stacks up

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
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.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 3,775 hrs total time across ~22 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈172 hrs/yrHigh time

High utilization

This airframe has averaged about 172 hrs/year over ~22 years — more than most personal aircraft. Regular flying keeps engines and systems healthy, but it also adds cumulative wear, so review the maintenance history, component overhauls, and how the total time compares with the type's typical service life.

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

$1,938/mo$23,250/yr

≈ $233 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$125,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $8,250 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$125,000	$1,938/mo	$23,250/yr
1/2 share	$62,500	$1,469/mo	$17,625/yr
1/3 share	$41,667	$1,313/mo	$15,750/yr
1/4 share	$31,250	$1,234/mo	$14,813/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

$125,000

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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