Piper 1961 Offering for sale: 1961 Piper Comanche PA24 250 HP 4 seat aircraft. 3,075.9 hrs Engine.
Item specifics
| Condition: | Used | Make: | Piper |
| Model Year: | 1961 |
This is a really fast airplane. Flight time from Tyler, TX to Galveston, TX is 1 hr and 20 minutes. Flight time to College Station from Tyler is exactly 1 hour. To Austin from is Tyler is 1 hour and 15 minutes. No fuel leaks. New caps on fuel tanks in 2012. Nose gear motor replaced in 2010. New starter installed in 2011. Baggage compartment redone in 2011.
Engine TT:3075.9 TTAF: 4252.9 TSMOH: (TOP): 429.53 Bottom: 1801.9
Top was O/H"d by G&N Aircraft, Griffith, IA on 1/04/01. TTAF at this time was 3823.37
All paperwork and TAGS are in the file
9/14/09: Prop O/H"d by Sensenich Propellor Service. ETT was 2995.0
Engine compressions: 80/72, 80/76,80/74, 80/72, 80/74, 80/74
The aircraft just went through Annual signed off Sept. 7. Came thru good with few squawks.
1. RMLG required strut valve change.
2. NLG tire replaced.
3. Throttle cable was removed, cleaned and re-installed.
4. New Aircraft Battery installed.
5. Oil Changed.
6. Wingtip Nav lights ground wires bad and replaced. Op Ck Good.
7. Cabin air vents showed signs of corrosion. Removed. New vents on order.
8. Fuel Sump Strainer leaking. Removed worn gasket and installed new gasket. Op Ck Good.
9. Interior Light Inop. Replaced bulb.
90 gallons fuel capacity. Endurance is 5.7 hrs.
$29,000. (USD)
Type:
◾Four-seat cabin monoplane.
Wings:
◾Low-wing cantilever monoplane.
◾NACA 64² A215 laminar-flow wing section.
◾Aspect ratio: 7.20
◾Mean chord: 5 ft (1.52 m)
◾Dihedral: 5°
◾Incidence: 2°
◾Single-spar all-metal structure.
◾Plastic wing-tips.
◾Differentially-operated metal-covered ailerons.
◾Plain all-metal flaps.
Fuselage:
◾All-metal semi-monocoque structure.
Tail Unit:
◾Cantilever monoplane.
◾All-metal structure.
◾All-moving one-piece tailplane or stabilator with anti-servo tab.
◾SweptBack fin and rudder.
Landing Gear:
◾Retractable nose-wheel type.
◾Electric with emergency manual retraction.
◾Piper oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers.
◾Cleveland wheels, size 600 × 6.
◾Cleveland disc brakes.
◾Parking brake.
◾Edo type 289-2700 amphibious floats can be fitted.
Power Plant:
◾One 250 Lycoming O-540 A1A six-cylinder horizontally-opposed air cooled engine.
◾Hartzell constant-speed airscrew.
◾Two internal wing tanks with standard capacity of 50 US gallons (189 liters).
◾Maximum capacity 60 US gallons (227 liters), with optional extra capacity of 30 US gallons (114 liters).
Accommodation:
◾Enclosed cabin seating four in two pairs.
◾Dual controls.
◾Baggage compartment, capacity 100 lb (45 kg).
◾Standard equipment includes heater and defroster, ventilators, navigation and landing lights.
◾Optional equipment as detailed above, under individual models.
Dimensions:
◾Wingspan: 36 ft (11 m)
◾Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
◾Height: 7 ft 3½ in (2.23 m)
◾Tail span: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
◾Wheel-base: 6 ft 63/8 in (1.98 m)
◾Wheel-track: 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Areas:
◾Wings, gross: 178 ft² (16.53 m²)
◾Ailerons (total): 14.1 ft² (1.31 m²)
◾Flaps (total): 22.2 ft² (1.87 m²)
◾Fin: 8 ft² (0.74 m²)
◾Rudder: 5.4 ft² (0.52 m²)
◾Stabilators: 32.5 ft² (3.04 m²)
Weights:
◾Weight empty: 1,630 lb (740 kg)
◾Baggage capacity: 200 lb (90 kg)
◾Weight loaded: 2,900 lbs (1,315 kg)
Loadings:
◾Wing loading: 15.7 lb/ft² (76.6 kg/m²)
◾Power loading: 11.2 lb/hp (5.09 kg/hp)
Performance:
◾Maximum speed: 190 mph (304 km/h)
◾Maximum cruising speed at 75% power: 181 mph (291 km/h)
◾Stalling speed with flaps down: 65 mph (105 km/h)
◾Rate of climb at sea level: 1,350 ft/m (412 m/m)
◾Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
◾Take-off run: 1,000 ft (305 m)
◾Landing run: 650 ft (198 m)
◾Range at maximum cruising speed with 60 US gallons (227 liters) fuel: 740 miles (1,190 km)
◾Range at economical cruising speed with 60 US gallons (227 liters) fuel: 1,100 miles (1,770 km)
Current date: 2016-11-11