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1973 DECATHLON 8KCAB

Name: 1973 DECATHLON 8KCAB
Brand: Bellanca
Price: 115000 USD
Availability: InStock

1973 Bellanca Decathlon

Waterloo, IL Listed today

About this aircraft

$115,000 · ACCEPTING OFFERS · Up for sale is a 1973 Bellanca Decathlon. Annual was performed (03/2026). ACA metal Spars. ACA Aileron Spades. ACA glider tow hook. Brand new grove wheels. New refurbished cowling. New LED landing Light. New battery. New ELT battery. New leaf spring and TW tire. Up to date interior. New Spark Plugs. 30 hours on governor overhaul. No damage history and complete logs. Two parachutes. Will sell with smoke machine and remote oil filter if interested (both not installed). Have the wheel pants but are not installed. Lycoming IO-320 with inverted fuel and oil. ACTT: 3360 TSMO: 530 Prop: 530

Specifications

Year: 1973

How this stacks up

1 to ask about

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
1/5 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.

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

$1,929/mo$23,150/yr

≈ $232 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$115,000 to buy (the asking price)

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

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$115,000	$1,929/mo	$23,150/yr
1/2 share	$57,500	$1,465/mo	$17,575/yr
1/3 share	$38,333	$1,310/mo	$15,717/yr
1/4 share	$28,750	$1,232/mo	$14,788/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

$115,000

Listing trust

1/4

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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