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1976 Piper Cherokee Lance PA-32R-300Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Mount Pleasant, SC, USA

This 1976 Piper Lance, registration N8720F, presents with a total airframe time of 3,589.4 hours and is powered by a Lycoming IO-540-K1G5D engine with 2,002.56 hours since its overhaul following a gear-up landing incident in July 1997 at Harrisburg International Airport. The extensive repairs from that event, completed by JRA Executive Air, Inc., included an engine overhaul by Textron Lycoming, replacement of the propeller with a Hartzell three-bladed unit, and repairs to flaps, cowling, and various airframe components. The aircraft has been professionally maintained and hangared for the last eleven years, with its most recent annual...

Year: 1976

Make: Piper

Series: Cherokee Lance

Model: Cherokee Lance PA-32R-300

Tail #: N8720F

Serial #: 32R-7780113

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Passenger, Recreational, Business

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 1,429.24 lbs

Seats: 6

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 3,589.4 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 2,003 hrs (SOH)

Prop 1 Time: 2,003 hrs (TSO)

Logbook Status: Complete Logs

Inspection Status: Annual Inspection Due: 7/1/2025, Last Annual Completed August 1, 2025

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GNS-530W - (IFR) GPS/VOR/ILS/COM, (IFR) GPS/VOR/ILS/COM, Software Update Version 5.0, GPS/WAAS Antenna

Comms

Garmin GI-106A - (IFR) GPS/VOR/ILS/COM, (IFR) GPS/VOR/ILS/COM

Autopilot

Century Altimatic IIIC - IIIC 3 Axis Autopilot System, Autopilot is Coupled Has Altitude Hold

Audio

Garmin GMA-340 - Audio Panel

Weather

L-3 WX-900 Series II - (Goodrich) II Stormscope, Windshield Mounted OAT Gauge

ADS-B Out

Garmin GTX-330ES - ADS-B Out Transponder

EMS/EIS

JPI EDM-730 - JPI Engine Management System

Additional Equipment

Clock

Astrotech LC-2 - Digital Clock

Sun Visors

Rosen RPF-300-2 - Model Cockpit Sun Visors

Oil Meter

Oil Pressure Hobbs Meter (Inoperative)

Air Filter System

Brackett - Induction Air Filter System

Oil Filter

Tempest AA48103-2 - Spin EZ Oil Filter

Landing Light

LED Landing Light

Trim System

Piper Electric Pitch Trim

Power Supply

Ameri-King AK-550-6 - DC Power Supply

Standby Vacuum System

Precise Flight SVS III - SVS III Stand-by Vacuum System

Battery

Concorde RG-35AXC - Platinum Series Battery

Compass

Precision Aviation PAI-700 - Vertical Compass

Lighting System

Whelan - Flashing System, LED Landing Light

ELT

ACK E-04 - ACK ELT 406MHz ELT w/Remote Switch

Digital Clock

Astrotech LC-2 - Digital Clock

Induction Air Filter

Brackett Induction Air Filter - System

Pitch Trim

Piper Electric Pitch Trim

DC Power Supply

Ameri-King AK-550-6 - DC Power Supply

Stand-by Vacuum System

Precise Flight SVS III - SVS III Stand-by Vacuum System

Induction Air Filter System

Brackett - Induction Air Filter System

Strobe System

Whelan Flashing Beacon Strobe System

OAT Gauge

Windshield Mounted OAT Gauge

Interior & Exterior

Interior Rating: 6/10

Interior Year: 1976

Paint Rating: 6/10

Paint Year: 1976

Interior Notes: The aircraft is equipped with dual flight controls and dual toe brakes. The interior can accommodate a total of six people. One (1) pilot, one (1) passenger in the forward cockpit area and four (4) passengers in the rear or main passenger cabin seating. The main passenger cabin has four (4) individual seats in a double club arrangement that includes two (2) aft-facing seats and two (2) forward-facing seats. There is a removable ice chest between the aft facing seats. The seat material is original (1976/1977). The seats and lower sidewalls are covered in a grayish light blue and white speckled cloth material. The upper side walls, below the window line, are covered in a gray cloth material. The carpet is a light gray wool material. The headliner is a beige colored material.

Exterior Notes: The exterior has one base color, which appears to be Sherwin-Willimas Juneau White. There are two Cub Yellow accent stripes and two Cayenne Orange accent stripes. The registration markings are also Cayenne Orange. The Cub Yellow accent stripes run the entire length of the fuselage from the engine cowling to the empennage and sweeping up on the vertical stabilizer and rudder. The Cayenne Orange accent stripes run from the lower portion of the empennage vertically at an angle to the top of the vertical stabilizer. The wings, wing flaps and ailerons are painted in Juneau White.