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Description
- Lycoming IO-540-T4A5D, 260 hp, turbonormalized in April 2013 under STC SA00356DE and SE00357DE; the owner gives its service ceiling as about 24,000 ft
- Engine: 830 hours since a major overhaul by Mena Aircraft Engines (May 2000), per the August 2026 annual; top overhaul 2005, and the #4 cylinder overhauled with a new rod bearing in 2023
- Annual completed August 7, 2026: compressions 78, 76, 76, 72, 78 and 78 over 80, cylinders borescoped with no defects
- Airframe total time 2,443.8 hours
- Commander structural items done: elevator spars replaced 2011, new rudder spar and lower vertical fin rib kit 2022, seat tracks replaced 2022, AD 2012-02-10 inspected clear 2026
- Engine truss overhauled and nose gear rebuilt 2018; both main gear actuators overhauled 2020
- Aspen Evolution glass: PFD, an MFD that also backs up the PFD, and a second MFD
- Garmin GTN 750Xi with GMA 35C audio panel (2023) and GTN 650Xi (2021); Garmin GTX 345 ADS-B
- JPI EDM 900 primary engine monitor; S-TEC 60-2 autopilot with auto-trim
- Built-in oxygen plus a portable tank; useful load 1,128 lb
- Pitot-static and transponder checks July 2025
- Paint 8/10, leather interior 9/10 (the owner's rating)
Damage History: Nose-gear collapse and prop strike in 2025, repaired at Circle C Aviation (Henderson, TX). The engine had a full Lycoming SB 533C prop-strike teardown at Jewell Aviation in October 2025 (crankshaft run-out and magnaflux within limits, crankcase dye-penetrant inspected, new main and rod bearings, rod bolts and crankshaft gear bolt), a new McCauley 3-blade prop was fitted, and the Commander nose-gear attach kit was installed (Form 337).
Based at Ruston Regional (KRSN), Louisiana. Pre-buy inspection welcome. Closes through licensed title escrow.
Avionics
- Aspen Evolution 2500 glass (PFD + MFD with PFD backup + second MFD)
- Garmin GTN 750Xi GPS/nav/com
- Garmin GTN 650Xi GPS/nav/com
- JPI EDM 900 engine monitor
- S-TEC 60-2 autopilot
- Transponder GTX 345 ADS-B in/out
Mods & STCs — Installed
- Door Gas Springs in accordance with FAA approved Master Drawing List FIV-1000 Revision B dated March 13, 2010 or later FAA approved revision (STC SA02183LA)
- Modification to install an air-oil separator to prevent oil from being aspirated from the engine breather line (STC SA02033AT)
- Modified Textron Lycoming engine equipped with turbo normalizing system (STC SA00356DE)
- Modification to Textron Lycoming engine for the installation of turbonormalizing system (STC SE00357DE)
Engine
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-T4A5D (260 hp)
- Rated power
- 260 hp
- TBO
- 2,000 h
- Time
- 830 SMOH (2000 overhaul), 4 since IRAN (2025)
From the logbooks
scanned October 28, 2026 · 258 pages
- Engine time since overhaul
- 829.9 hengine log p.106
- Time since IRAN
- 4.0 hsince the IRAN signed off October 17, 2025
- 28 avionics installs recorded (p.3; January 8, 1984 p.18; November 20, 1990 p.27; December 10, 1990 p.28; p.50; p.54; …)
- 10 major alterations recorded (March 27, 1990 p.24; November 20, 1990 p.27; July 21, 1999 p.48; April 1, 2013 p.104; p.128; p.133; …)
- 2 damage or repair entries recorded (p.145; October 17, 2025 p.104)
Figures are as recorded in the aircraft's logbooks on the dates shown; the books themselves are the record and are available to a buyer.
Records
Clear title per the FAA file — no open liens of record.
Major repairs and alterations (FAA Form 337)
33 Form 337s on file with the FAA. 30 items removed over the airplane's life.
- Repair Repair of RH elevator spar.
- Repair Repair of LH elevator spar.
- Repair Repair of center belly skin.
Weight & balanceUseful load 1,128.2 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,011.3 lbper the aircraft's weight & balance records
- Useful load
- 1,128.2 lbper the aircraft's weight & balance records
- Gross weight
- 3,140 lbper the aircraft's weight & balance records
Maintenance timeline65 entries, 1948–2025 · latest: Inspection and repair (IRAN) October 17, 2025
- October 17, 2025Inspection and repair (IRAN)engine log · p.104
- May 8, 2025Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.103, p.142
- April 8, 2024Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.101, p.140
- June 29, 2023Equipment installedairframe log · p.139
- March 28, 2023Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.100, p.136
- April 1, 2022Annual inspectionengine log · p.99
- April 1, 2022100-hour inspectionairframe log · p.133
- January 28, 2021Equipment installedairframe log · p.131
- August 12, 2020Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.98, p.125
- May 16, 2018Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.93, p.116
- August 1, 2016Annual inspectionairframe log · p.111
- August 1, 2016100-hour inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.91, p.111
- June 20, 2015Annual inspectionairframe log · p.108
- June 19, 2015100-hour inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.90, p.108
- May 1, 2014Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.89, p.106
- April 1, 2013Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.88, p.104
- June 26, 2012Equipment installedairframe log · p.100
- July 29, 2011Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.86, p.98
- April 7, 2010Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.85, p.96
- March 10, 2009Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.83, p.91
- May 29, 2008Equipment installedairframe log · p.82
- February 1, 2008Annual inspectionairframe log, engine log · p.81
- January 1, 2008Equipment installedairframe log · p.84
- March 15, 2007100-hour inspectionengine log · p.80
- 41 more entries in the books are not listed here.
Dates and pages are as recorded in the aircraft's logbooks; the books themselves are the record and are available to a buyer.
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