1963 A55 Baron w/IO-470L Engines
$138,000
See Full Photo Album HERE
Despite a tremendous amount of time and effort spent on bringing this
“Unicorn” back into top shape, it no longer fits the owner's life plans
for time in Alaska where gravel runways are common. For that mission he
has a Maulle with tundra tires for those types of surfaces.
The owner is an MEII and provided ME training for his daughter and new
son-in-law in preparation for careers in the airline industry, thus the
effort to put so much of his own sweat equity (under A&P/IA
supervision) into making it a very nearly no excuses aircraft.
In N111TX’s flight history you will see travel from Denton, Texas to
Bellinham, WA in preparation for the crossing on up to Alaska today
through the Canadian interior. You can infer what you will regarding the
dispatch reliability of the plane to travel these distances.
The plane is currently flying in Alaska and is based near Anchorage, AK, in Palmer, AK at 4AK6, about 35NE of Anchorage (PANC).
https://www.airnav.com/airport/4AK6
The aircraft was owned by a USAF Colonel from 1974 until the current owner's purchase in early 2017.
Serious inquiries can be emailed pdfs of the complete logbooks from Day 1 as well as an Excel W&B spreadsheet and the POH.
The image files for some of the logbook entries during John’s ownership and all the photos and flight videos of the plane are HERE
The AFTT is approximately 2700hrs (truly a creampuff airframe time) and
continues to accumulate as the plane is currently flying.
See N111TX flight history HERE
SN: TC-283
No known or logged damage history!
LE: ~600SFRMN December 1999 (IO-470-L)
RE: ~220 SMOH by Custom Airmotive in 2016 (IO-470-L)
2 New Hartzell 2-Blade Props
STEC-55 A/P (NO, it is NOT a 55X)
Paint & Interior 2004
N111TX EW: 3271 UL: 1609
Fuel Capacity: 136 Gallons Usable
Beech rated the A-55 with a Gross Weight of 4880# whereas, the B55 has a
nearly identical airframe (A55 struts are tubular vs cast strut
components on later models) and power plants that have a 5100# GW.
The LH engine is a FRMN of 1999 vintage and was soon found to have the
dreaded pitted lifter curse. It was then fitted with a top overhaul
using a balanced/matched set of Superior Millennium Cylinders and all
new Superior lifters at about 483 SFRMN in July of 2019.
Highlights from the airframe/engine logs since the current owner's tenure include:
Fuel Selector valves overhauled
6 New Engine Control Cables
2 Boost Pump overhauls
2 OH Un-feathering Accumulators
2 Cygnet Airboxes
2 OH Cowl Flap Actuators
Garmin 345 xponder w/ADS-B Out
Garmin 430W
GPSS
Dual G5s installed
JPI EDM 760
Shadin FF Totalizer
Brake M/C’s resealed
Shimmy Damper Replaced w/O/H unit
You’re likely to see other items in the logs that I may have missed.
Known Squawks:
1. Heater Inop
2. Missing Long Chord Boarding Step (a search for one is currently underway).
Suffice it to say, it could take nearly 15 years to get a 55-Series
Baron to the dispatch reliability this A55 delivers. N111TX has had
nearly all the BIG $$$ items for a 55-Series Baron knocked out. Not to
mention the amount of shop downtime one would experience getting these
items done.
The current owner purchased the Chuck Nye (now Cygnet) STC for both
engines and the airframe near the closure of the Nye operation to
convert these engines to IO520 power plants. All the paperwork and data
plates are included in the STC package that will be sold with the plane
at the asking price. So, if this is going to be the last twin you’ll own
and plan to fly it to TBO on these engines, you’ll have the STC’s to
make this a real homesick angel come overhaul time.
Asking Price of $138,000 will include the original Nye IO-520 STCs for Engines and Airframe and a Sidewinder Tug & Battery.
$138,000
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