“As is Where is: Bent Right Wing, Bent Prop.” Piper 1954 Hello, Please allow me to introduce the.



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“As is - Where is: Bent Right Wing, Bent Prop.”
Make: Piper Model Year: 1954
Hello, Please allow me to introduce the "Milkstool Patrol", a 1954 Piper Tripacer PA-22-135. This particular aircraft receives interest and compliments wherever I fly it. It has been an excellent flying aircraft and I"ve enjoyed every minute of it. The paint scheme is patterned after the aircraft used by the Batista regime in Cuba to fight the communist insurgency that brought Castro to power. In actual combat operations, a guy with a machine gun and a box of granades and glass jars would jump into the back seat and away they would go. Grenades would be placed in the glass jars so that the primer would not strike until the jar broke on the ground. This aircraft has a current annual (11/15/15) and engine and airframe log books going back to 5/31/71, when the originals were lost during an inspection at that time. All ADs complied with. Current tach time is 3631.75, engine time is 1551.23. - Engine is O-235 D2, compressions at last annual: 75/80, 74/80, 74/80, 79/80. - Propeller is 74DM6-0-58, which is a steeper pitch than would be ideal. - Instruments include all the standard steam guages, as well as: - Bendix King KLX 135 dash mounted GPS (database updated last year). - Garmin GPSMAP 295 (database out of date), with external power and antenna. - Garmin GTX 320 transponder. - Terra Tri Nav C course deviation indicator. - ICOM A200 radio transceiver. - The interior is in good condition, as is the covering, which is Ceconite. (I always kept it hangered). - The taxi light and tail nav. light are LED (very bright, low power consumption). - New landing gear bungies were installed last year. - A new Odyssey 680 battery was installed, replacing the Concord CB35 (16 pounds lighter). - New Univair Sealed Struts with Heavy Duty Shackles installed at last annual. Why it is for sale: On a return trip from southern CA, I ended up with clouds rising up around me faster than I could climb and had to decend, which resulted in ice buildup. Fortunately, there was a nearby runway and I was able to make a decent landing although there was 4-5" of slush all over the surface of the runway. After waiting a while for weather to clear up, I attempted a takeoff which did not work: the slush would not allow the plane to reach takeoff speed, or slow down. As I neared the end of the runway, the power was cut to low idle, and brakes applied, however I suspect that slush had filled the brakes, because they had no effect. Rather than go off the end of the runway (and down a valley), I made a sharp turn, which resulted in the aircraft tipping, which touched the right wing and propeller. According to a mechanic friend, he said the probability that the crank is bent is low, due to the type of engine and speed, and that the prop is likely repairable. If I had an extra prop and a wing, I would bolt them on and fly out, but I don"t, and I"m out of vacation time from work. This is as-is, where-is, located near Auburn, CA. Please don"t hesitate to email me with any questions, and don"t try to take off in slush.
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