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1972 Beechcraft E55 BaronMulti-Engine Piston Aircraft • Peyton, CO, USA

This 1972 Beechcraft E55 Baron, registration N68JP, presents with 7,800 total hours on the airframe and remarkably low engine times, with both Continental IO-520 C engines and their respective propellers showing 250 hours since major overhaul in April 2020 against a 1,700-hour TBO. The aircraft has a complete and documented history, including two gear-up landings in 1974 and 1998, both of which were repaired to Beechcraft standards with supporting FAA 337 forms. A comprehensive panel upgrade in 2012 features a full Garmin suite including a WAAS-enabled GNS430, a GTX 330ES for ADS-B Out, and a GDL 50 for ADS-B In with weather, traffic, and...

Year: 1972

Make: Beechcraft

Series: Baron

Model: E55 Baron

Tail #: N68JP

Serial #: TE-854

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Specifications

Category: Multi-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Business, Recreational

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 1,846 lbs

Seats: 5

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 7,800 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 250 hrs (SMOH)

Engine 2 Time: 250 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 250 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 2 Time: 250 hrs (SMOH)

Logbook Status: Complete Logbook Since 1972

Inspection Status: Annual to Be Completed in March of 2025

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GNS 430W - GNS WAAS with Mid Continent MD41-1488W Annunciator and Interfaced to Edo Aire IG-832A HSI

Comms

Garmin SL30 - Nav/Com Tied to CDI

Autopilot

Century III - III A/P Coupled for GPSS Steering Autopilot Needs Serviced

Audio

Garmin GMA 340 - GMA Audio Panel with New Wiring and 6-Place Stereo Intercom and Dual Music Inputs

Weather

Garmin GDL 50 - GDL ADS-B with Weather, Traffic, AHRS

Traffic

Garmin GDL 50 - GDL ADS-B with Weather, Traffic, AHRS

ADS-B Out

Garmin GTX 330ES - GTX ADS-B Out

ADS-B In

Garmin GDL 50 - GDL ADS-B with Weather, Traffic, AHRS

Additional Equipment

Exhaust System

New Exhausts on Both Engines 4/2020

Engine Baffling

New D'Shannon Aviation Engine Baffling on Both Engines

Engine Mounts

New Lord Engine Mounts on Both Engines 4/2020

Air Filters

Bracket Air Filters STC Installed Both Sides

Propeller Governors

Both Prop Governors Overhauled 4/2020

Batteries

New Concorde Batteries 4/2020

Windshield

LP Aero Plastics Inc. Single Piece Extra Thick Windshield STC Installed

Landing Lights

Whelen LED Landing and Taxi Light

Shoulder Harness

B.A.S. Inc Utility Inertia Reel Shoulder Harness

Cabin Heater

Hartzell Overhauled Janitrol Cabin Heater

Interior & Exterior

Interior Year: 2011

Paint Year: 1998

Interior Notes: 2011 New Haroldswick Leather Interior Installed and Carpeting (Flint). Seats, Sidewalls, Headliner, Plastics All Completed

Exterior Notes: 1998 Aircraft Fully Stripped and Painted to Current Paint Scheme by Aircraft Painting Company Inc. in Alabama; 2020 Removed Deice System and Boots and Repainted to Match Existing Scheme and Touch Up