1966 PIPER CHEROKEE 6/260


  • For Sale
  • 1966
  • PIPER CHEROKEE 6/260
  • N3757W
  • 32-672
  • ANNAPOLIS, MD USA

171000 $171,000 USD

NATHAN SOWDEN

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    • For Sale
    • 1966
    • PIPER CHEROKEE 6/260
    • N3757W
    • 32-672
    • ANNAPOLIS, MD USA

    NATHAN SOWDEN

    NATHAN

    General Specs (cont.)

    3462

    1537 HOURS

    1633 lb

    Used

    IFR

    6

    Additional Classifications

    Detailed Description

    Fresh December 2023 Annual just completed!  Excellent Condition!  Absolute Pleasure to fly it!  Great strong compressions (#1 77/80, #2 79/80, #3 78/80, #4 78/80, #5 77/80, #6 79/80)!  2nd Owner ever. Gorgeous Paint, Beautiful Interior with rear club seating (rare).  Very spacious interior with comfortable seats and great visibility wherever you sit.  Cargo space in front of cockpit behind engine and cargo space behind 3rd row of seats.  Very Low TT Cherokee Six.  None like it.  Unique Aircraft.
     
    Paint- 9/10, Interior- 10/10, engine compartment- 9/10. Low total time aircraft!  Full IFR, New ADSB In and Out. Touchscreen GPS/NAV/COM Garmin GTN 650, Garmin GDL 88, Garmin GTX-327, Garmin SL30 Second Nav/Com, dual Garmin CDI's, 6 place intercom, Hartzell 2 blade Constant Speed Prop, 84 gallons usable fuel, 880 Nautical Mile Range!  12gph fast cruise at 160mph, 18gph takeoff/climb fuel consumption rates.
    This has been my plane ~19 years.  It has a huge 1633 lbs useful load! This is the ultimate travel machine that carries everything and everybody everywhere with room to spare and in speed & style!  Feels great to fly and solid in crosswind landings and bumpy air.  Flying solo, it leaps from the ground and lands nice and gentle, slowly.  BIG Cockpit and interior, no bumping shoulders, windows or head.  Roomy is the word I keep hearing from whoever sees it.
    Complete and consecutive logs and records, all AD's complied with and documented, always US based, always hangered, No known damage history; Only 3462 (TT) hours since new.  260 hp, Lycoming 0-540 and a Hartzell 2-blade constant speed prop (fast). No oil leaks, clean sounding, great compressions! New:  Exhaust manifolds (2), Fuel Pump, #2 Cylinder, 1 fuel sender (right main tank), strut seals, Aircraft Battery, ELT Battery, & Garmin GDL 88.   Oil change, spark plugs pulled, inspected, cleaned, gapped, brake fluid replace and bleed, Tanks removed & inspected and cleaned.  Oil filter replaced - no particulates present.  Very clean running, smooth and powerful from the get-go.
    
    Mostly used in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina.  November Waxed.
    Lots of preventative maintenance performed, see below... 
    
    I am selling because I bought a 2 seat Lancair 320 since my kids are all grown up and gone and I don't need a 6 seater.
    Much love for this Cherokee Six! What a solid, safe, fun & unique airplane with great weight capabilities!  Someone else will now enjoy this beautiful blue bird for years to come!
    
    Service Performed	                            Hours 
    New Annual 12/2023
    Overhauled Engine SMOH	                       1537 hrs
    Interior replaced	                              ~300 hrs ago
    New Fuel Pump				      22 hrs
    Seat belts replaced	                       22 hrs
    New Exhaust 	                                       22 hrs
    New Strut Seals				       22 hrs
    New Garmin GTN 650 Database		22 hrs
    New Garmin GDL88 (w/warranty)	22 hrs
    Fuel cap gaskets	                               	2 hrs
    Fuel Quantity Sender (right main)         2 hrs
    Oil Filter                                                  3 hrs
    Brake fluid flushed	                        22 hrs
    Repack nose & main wheel bearings	22 hrs
    ELT battery replaced	                       	22 hrs
    Battery replaced	                                22 hrs
    
    Based Out of W29 Bay Bridge Airport Stevensville, MD (Kent Island) - Hangared

    Avionics / Equipment

    The Center Stack is featuring the Garmin GTN 650 touchscreen IFR NAV/COM radio with new Garmin GPS map for North America and Carribean.  Populates radio frequencies at the touch of the screen, loads flight plans, GDL88 remotely mounted providing ADSB OUT by mandate but also ADSB IN to populate your GPS with other aircraft and weather.  Also, GTN 650 and GDL88 are working with a Garmin GTX327 Transponder.  An excellent backup IFR NAV/COM radio is mounted below the GTN 650, a Garmin SL30.  Both NAV/COM Radios have their own Garmin HSI's directly next to the left of them for ease of eye travel and correllation.  The entire Panel was redone to have a standard "Six-Pack" reconfigured in front of the pilot and space for the HSIs.  There is also a large extra space, where I mount an iPad with Foreflight which can connect to Garmin wifi and display live ADSB information overlays.

    Engines / Mods / Prop

    Lycoming, 260 HP, running solid strong and smooth.  With a Hartzel 2 bade constant speed prop.  The combination is powerful and lighter than the 300, so it carries more weight and travels 5 knots less with a better range by far and better fuel consumption rate.  12 gph fast cruise @ 75%, 147mph IAS.

    Interior / Exterior

    9/10 Club seating Like New condition. 6 place intercoms for comfort and communications to the pilot/copilot.