1978 COMMANDER 112TCA

General Specs (cont.)

Total Time:3357

Engine 1 Time:317 HOURS

Prop 1 Time:137 HOURS

Useful Load:912 lb

Condition:Used

Year Painted:1997

Interior Year:2007

Flight Rules:BTH

# of Seats:4

Additional Classifications

Utility

Detailed Description

This aircraft has been meticulously maintained with a focus on mechanical condition, reliability, and safety. Major aircraft systems have been overhauled or extensively addressed, with considerable investment made in the engine, firewall-forward components, landing gear, hydraulics, flight controls, structure, and propeller. The result is an aircraft that has been maintained to be flown and enjoyed, not simply made attractive for sale. It is always hangared, even on overnights. 

The Commander 112TCA combines a remarkably spacious two-door cabin with excellent stability, handling, and comfort. Its wide cabin, trailing-link landing gear, and exceptional flight characteristics make it a true pleasure to fly, particularly on longer cross-country trips.

With factory turbocharging, the 112TCA also provides the flexibility to take advantage of higher altitudes and offers substantially better capability when operating from high-elevation airports and in higher density-altitude conditions.

For the pilot who values comfort, handling, cross-country capability, and the mechanical condition of the aircraft beneath the panel, this 112TCA offers an uncommon combination.

Avionics / Equipment

• Garmin 430W WAAS - Recent replacement of screen, knobs and buttons
• FlightStream 210 Bluetooth
• King KX-155 - New lenses, front plate and knobs.
• JPI EDM-830 Engine Monitor
• Stratus ES Transponder ADSB
• Stratus 2S with installed ADSB kit
• ADSB In/Out
• Wireless ForeFlight integration for the GPS and Transponder
• Flight-plan transfer between ForeFlight and Garmin 430W
• King HSI
• Bendix King VOR
• Garmin GMA 340 stereo audio panel
• Stereo front jacks and 1/8" music input
• Clean six-pack instruments with no fogging in the pitot-static instruments
Autopilot - Fully functional. Flys from take off to the destination including the IFR approach and glideslope.

• Century IIB
• GDC-31 GPSS
• S-TEC 60 PSS
• GPS steering
• Pitch/altitude control
• Coupled instrument approach capability including glideslope

Airframe

• 3,357 TT
• Tires 10/10
• Flight controls perfectly rigged
• Long range fuel tanks (70 Gallons)
• External power receptacle
• Step Lights
• Aerodyme elevator spar inoculation kit installed on both sides
• Aerodyme larger nose gear bolt
• Both aileron bell-crank bearings replaced - no aileron play
• Electric fuel pump overhauled
• Parking brake overhauled
• All hydraulic hoses replaced
• Fuel selector overhauled
• Landing Gear Power Pack overhauled
• RCM Normalizing Gas Spring door stays
• Manual trim

Additional Equipment Upgrades

• New ACK E-04 ELT installed 2025
• Three LED landing lights
• LED tail light
• Every exterior and interior light works except the map light

Engines / Mods / Prop

• Oil analysis performed at every oil change since engine overhaul
• 317 SMOH by Barrett Precision Engines - 2017
• Fully supported by Lycoming with current parts and service availability.
• Compression 80/80 on all 4 cylinders
• New camshaft installed at overhaul
• New Lycoming cylinders installed at overhaul - Nickeled to prevent corrosion
• Balanced crankshaft
• Crankcase dowels added to prevent fretting
• D3000 magneto upgrade
• Engine perfectly tuned
• Everything firewall forward overhauled between 2017 and 2023
• Engine mount overhauled by AWI
• New Lord mounts
• Prop governor overhauled
• Balanced Hartzell 3-blade propeller. 137 hours since new

Interior / Exterior

• Paint 8.5/10
• Interior 7/10

Remarks

Last Annual May 2026
IFR Certification October 2025
Complete log books

The airplane flies extremely well and has had extensive attention to the mechanical items that matter.

Everything mechanically and throughout the interior functions as it should.

Damage History

Minor damage history from a gear-up landing in July 2019.

Official FAA report classifying the event as "Minor Damage" will be provided.

The fuselage was unaffected and repairs were properly completed. 

Included with the aircraft sale are the items below. $7,000+ value.

• Redline Aviation Sidewinder electric folding aircraft tug - $3,250 new
• Black Max Engine Saver Dehydrator $655 new
• Three aircraft jacks - approximately $1,500 new
• Tail stand - approximately $500 new
• Additional aircraft tools, parts and accessories - $1,500+
• California Tools air compressor
• Shauer JAC2512 external power supply
• AeroCreeper Original
• Kennon window shades and plugs
• Step ladder
• Small hangar refrigerator
• Garmin 430W Garmin card reader
• Garmin 430W Jeppesen chart card reader

This aircraft has not simply been made attractive with avionics upgrades while major mechanical work was deferred. Considerable money and attention have been invested where it matters most: engine, firewall forward, controls, hydraulics, structure, propeller and aircraft systems.