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| Make: | Cessna | Model Year: | 1957 |
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1957 Cessna 182A
N-number: N5870B
Serial number 33870
Continental O-470-L 230HP six-cylinder engine
Current owner/pilot Ken bought this aircraft in 1972, according to the FAA registry page
Ken is no longer able to fly, so we (Ken"s daughter Zoe and Zoe"s boyfriend Darron) are selling it for him.
Zoe has full power of attorney to sell on his behalf.
Avionics:
Collins nav and com
Narco transponder
ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter) is a EBC-102A
Airframe and engine hours:
TOTAL HOURS: 3,750
HOURS SINCE MAJOR OVER HAUL (SMOH): 1,379
Hours on Hobbs meter: 647.9
The engine was last majored in 1979
I believe it has had at least new rings since then, but I"ll have to dig through the logs to find details.
The prop was replaced in 2003 (150 hours since then).
I have many more high-res. photos of this aircraft in my Flickr album:
here flown in 2008, from Oshkosh back to Sylva.
It was in good operating condition at the time,
and has been parked in a hangar at the Jackson County Airport in Sylva, NC ever since.
It has not been touched or started since then, as the owner/pilot is no longer able to fly or work on it.
It will require at minimum a thorough inspection and annual before being flightworthy.
This aircraft is in bare aluminum.
We believe we have the complete set of logs / records for this aircraft, right back to when it was new in 1956/57,
including original invoice, equipment list, owner’s manual, engine/prop/airframe logs, receipts for maintenance/parts, etc.
We had some of the more important papers scanned into .pdf files.
You may view them on my publicly-shared Google Drive. There are two sub folders containing the scans:
here you are able to go to the airport to see the Cessna, we can accompany you.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of $500 must be received via PayPal within 24 hours of the close of this auction
Payment in full must be received within 3 business days (Cash in person or PayPal),
or this aircraft will be relisted on eBay, with no refund of the $500 deposit
This aircraft must be removed from its hangar at the Jackson County Airport in Sylva, North Carolina
by no later than November 30, 2015,
or arrangements must be made with the airport to rent space there.
You may contact the airport manager at:
JIM ROWELL
401 GRINDSTAFF COVE ROAD
SYLVA, NC 28779
Telephone 828-586-0321
Email: jrowell20@gmail.com
Wire transfer of funds preferred
Darron and Zoe
(775) 525-0386
1957 182A Gillis family history:
Zoe here,
Perhaps a history of 5870Bravo’s roots is in order.
I am 53 years old. I was 10 years old when my parents purchased the 182. Their first plane was a 2 seater Taylorcraft, but when I got too large to comfortably sit on Mom’s lap while flying, they bought a 1946 Stinson, which promptly tried to kill us, so it was sold and replaced with the 182, which has never tried to kill anyone.
While it does not have exceptionally high hours, the hours it has were NOT from flying circles around the airport, but were instead mostly logged on yearly, extensive cross country flights, 3-4 weeks at a time, which generally started with a week at the EAA fly-in convention in Oshkosh WI. My best bet is that the 182 attended Oshkosh about 30+ times between 1972 and 2008. The 182’s last flight was to Oshkosh, and back to NC in 2008, where it has sat untouched since. I am sure my father never imagined that it would be his last touchdown when he landed at Sylva. Just 2 months ago I unloaded all the 2008 Oshkosh papers and camping gear from it.
The 182 has landed and taken off from Key West, FL and Point Barrow AK, San Diego and Maine. Douglas, AZ, Calgary and several hundreds of airports large and small in between.
My father, Kenneth Gillis, was an active member of the EAA, and held many positions in the local chapters over the years, as well as being a prolific writer for many aircraft related media. His sister Fay Gillis Wells was one of the original 99 members of the 99’s and the first woman member of the Caterpillar Club, and the first American woman to pilot a plane in the Soviet Union, in the 1920’s. She was also a saleswoman for Curtis Wright Aircraft in the 1920’s. My mother, Dorothy Gillis (Dot), earned her pilot"s license shortly after I left home for college, and she no longer had to work full-time. She was a VERY active member of the 99’s, organizing a yearly “pinch-Hitter” course which taught frequent passengers how to land in case the pilot was incapacitated. She also frequently flew not only the 182 but the family’s four L-birds in warbird shows at Sun N Fun, Oshkosh and Geneseo.
I never got past ground school. From the time I was a babe in arms I flew, and to this day if you put me in a plane , large or small, I fall asleep. Such was my experience growing up in the 182. It was a comfortable safe haven for me. The plane never gave us a moment"s worry, and my parents maintained it meticulously, as it was the family station wagon that we took camping every summer for many decades, as well as out to frequent dinners and Fly-ins and airshows.
So now it is on eBay, trying to find new owners that will appreciate its fine qualities. Sure, some dealer may pick it up for half what it’s worth and either part it out, or more likely, fluff it up with a fancy paint job and re-sell it to you at twice the price, but Dad and I would sure rather see it go to an appreciative private party.
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