1964 Piper PA-24-250 ComancheSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • TX, USA

This 1964 Piper PA-24-250 Comanche, known as the "Vegas Viper," is a two-time Oshkosh award-winning aircraft that has been featured on the cover of AOPA. Since 2005, it has undergone a systematic update in which every major system—airframe, engine, firewall, and avionics—has been replaced. The seller states the airframe was completely stripped down in 2010, with every rivet inspected and replaced as needed, and that the aircraft has never spent a day on the ramp and is always hangared. Total airframe time is 6,247.7 hours. It just came out of annual on 4/15/24 and is described as ready to fly away.

The engine is a Lycoming O-540-A1D5...

Year: 1964

Make: Piper

Series: Comanche

Model: PA-24-250 Comanche

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Business, Passenger, Recreational

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 887 lbs

Seats: 4

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 6,247.7 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 913.3 hrs (SNEW)

Logbook Status: Complete Logs: Yes

Inspection Status: Just came out of annual (4/15/24) and is ready to fly away to its new home!

Avionics

PFD

Garmin G500 - GNS 530W, GDL 69A XM satellite receiver with XM radio and data link weather, GA-55 XM WX data antenna, GTX 330 w active traffic alerts, GMA 340 audio panel, AV-30C standby display this allowed the removal of vacuum system! Panel mounted iPad running foreflight complete with AHRS and synthetic vision

MFD

Garmin G500

GPS

Garmin GNS 530W

S-TEC System 30 ALT

Audio

Garmin GMA 340 - GMA audio panel

ADSB

ADS-B Equipped: Yes

ADS-B In

ADS-B Equipped: Yes

Weather

Garmin GDL 69A - GDL XM satellite receiver with XM radio and data link weather, XM WX data antenna

Traffic

Garmin GTX 330 - GTX w active traffic alerts

Additional Equipment

Built-in Oxygen System

Built-in O2 system

Built-in TV Screens

Built-in TV screens with CD player for back seat passengers

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year: 2010

Paint Year: 2010

Interior Notes: Custom designed and hand sewn seats from Spinneybeck leather, hand cut instrument panel with silk screen lettering, highest-grade wool carpeting, custom fabricated pilots seat armrest, custom fabricated fiberglass overhead console with built-in O2 and touch sensor LED lighting, Gillen door and trim handles with rosewood accents, custom side panels, all new trim pieces covered in Spinneybeck leather, AMSafe airbag seatbelts, custom rosewood accent with ten coats of clear coat pieces throughout, jet style brushed aluminum air vents, custom headset and pen/flashlight holder, Rosen sun visors, new state of the art soundproofing and insulation, updated door latch system, tinted 1/4" glass all the way around, custom leather wrapped control wheels, leather covered glare shield with french seam stitching, custom fabricated fiberglass seatbacks with built in DVD system, new door seals, polished rudder pedals

Exterior Notes: Four-Color custom paint scheme with Sherwin Williams JETGLO and ACRYGLO plus two clear coats. 9.5 out of 10. All stripes are hand laid and wet sanded so there are no edges. Chromed fuel caps with reversed painted fuel compartment, chromed cowl latches, tie-down rings and exterior handle, polished cowl hinges, polished spinner, custom laid out wing walk, Proseal around all windows, Knots 2 U gear lobe fairings (speed mod), Knots 2 U wing root fairings (speed mod), Knots 2 U wing fillet fairings (speed mod), Johnston Aircraft wingtips, HID landing lights upgrade, custom fabricated flush wing (rivet) patches that are unnoticeable, rebuilt stabilator horn assembly and trim drum, new updated shimmy damper, integrated Nav/Strobe lights. The aircraft has never spent a day on the ramp. It is ALWAYS hangared.