1979 PIPER TURBO DAKOTA

General Specs (cont.)

Total Time:3547

Engine 1 Time:2091 SMOH

Prop 1 Time:1347 SNEW

Useful Load:997 lb

Condition:Used

Year Painted:1994

Interior Year:1994

Flight Rules:BTH

# of Seats:4

Additional Classifications

Detailed Description

1979 PIPER TURBO DAKOTA
Fresh November 2022 annual, and currently flying!

Frequently-flown (100+ hrs/yr) by aerospace engineers & military pilots using detailed Standard Operating Procedures.  Turbocharged IFR platform with WAAS GPS.  Well-upgraded engine with automatic wastegate, intercooler, GAMInjectors, graphic engine monitor, and smooth-running 3-blade propeller.  Easy to fly (neither high perf. nor complex) and cheap to insure.

Complete original logs plus fully digitized retyped (Excel) copies.    Savvy Aviation management maintenance program.  Thorough annuals by five shops for multiple independent reviews.  All inspections are current and the aircraft is currently flying with over 50 hours in 2022; N28989 is no hangar queen!

See "Documents" for details on Inspections, Equipment, STCs, and SOPs.

Selling to upgrade.

Avionics / Equipment

- AUTOPILOT:  two-axis S-TEC 60-2 w/ ST-901 GPS Steering
- GPS/NAV/COM: Garmin GNS-480 WAAS 
- ADS-B XPNDR: Stratus ESG 1090 out + dual IN

- HSI: NSD-360A Edo Air Mitchell 
- GEM: JPI EDM-701 Engine Monitor w/ USB download port
- DIGITAL AI: uAvionics AV-20-S MFD 
- FUEL FLOW:  Shadin Fuel Flow Meter
- CO MONITOR:  Guardian Panel-Mount CO Monitor

- SAT WX: Garmin GDL-69A 
- AUDIO: PMA6000 Panel / Intercom
- BACKUP VAC: Aero Safe Electric Standby Vacuum Pump

Full details see "Equipment List" as attached Document

Airframe

Fairings & Gap Seals by Knots 2 U & Met-Co-Aire
One Piece Windshield by Kosoala and Associates
Wingtip by LoPresti Speed Merchants

Full details see "Equipment List" as attached Document

Engines / Mods / Prop

Continental TSIO-360-FB
- 1345 hours since partial-rebuild [Penn-Yan Aero] (new crankshalf, camshaft, etc)
- oil spectrographic analysis, borescope, CamGuard, changes ~25-35 hrs

ENGINE STCs / UPGRADES:
- Automatic Wastegate (UDPC) by Merlyn "Black Magic"
- Intercooler by Airflow Systems
- GAMIjectors
- Graphic Engine Monitor by JPI EDM-701 w/ USB data dump port
- 3-Blade "Turbo Arrow" Prop Hartzell 

Full details see "Equipment List" as attached Document

Interior / Exterior

Paint 1994
Rated 7/10 per Skyboss Grading Classification.

Interior 1993
Rated 7/10 per Skyboss Grading Classification.

Remarks

Detailed Equipment List and Maintenance Status attached.

Contact for logs.