1973 PIPER 180 CHALLENGER

1973 Piper

Specifications

Year

1973

Total time (TTAF)

3,441 hrs

Engine time (SMOH)

1,240 hrs

Avionics & panel

• King KMA 20 audio panel
• King KX 155 Nav/Com
• King KI 209 glide slope/VOR/Localizer indicator
• King KX 170B Nav/Com
• King KI 208 VOR/Localizer indicator
• King KR 85 ADF
• King KN 64 DME
• King KY 76A transponder Mode C
• Digital tachometer
• Hobbs meter
• Hamilton vertical card compass
• True airspeed indicator
• Davtron digital temp/OAT/volts gauge

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

How this stacks up

• Listed 2 months ago

  On the market for a month or more — worth asking about negotiating room

• 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 — 3,441 hrs total time across ~53 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 65 hrs/year over ~53 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

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 $7,990 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.