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

This 1976 Piper Cherokee Lance PA-32R-300, registered as N8720F, presents a high-time airframe with 3,589 hours total time but features a mid-time engine and propeller, both showing 2003 hours since overhaul. The aircraft has a documented damage history from a gear-up landing in July 1997 at approximately 1,586.7 airframe hours. Repairs were completed by JRA Executive Air, Inc., which included overhauling the Lycoming IO-540-KIGD engine, replacing the propeller with a three-bladed Hartzell unit, and addressing damage to flaps, cowling, nose gear doors, and various airframe components.

The aircraft is equipped for capable IFR operations with...

Year: 1976

Make: Piper

Series: PA-32R

Model: Cherokee Lance PA-32R-300

Tail #: N8720F

Serial #: 32R-7780113

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Passenger, Recreational

Useful Load: 1,429.24 lbs

Seats: 6

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 3,589 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 2,003 hrs (TSO)

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 - Dual CDIs

Autopilot

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

Audio

Garmin GMA-340 - Audio Panel

Weather

L-3 WX-900 Series II - (Goodrich) II Stormscope

ADS-B Out

Garmin GTX-330ES - ADS-B Out Transponder

EMS/EIS

JPI EDM-730 - JPI Model Engine Management System

Additional Equipment

Clock

Astrotech LC-2 - Digital Clock

Sun Visors

Rosen RPF-300-2 - Model Cockpit Sun Visors

Oil Pressure Hobbs Meter

Oil Pressure Hobbs Meter (Inoperative)

Induction Air Filter System

Brackett - Induction Air Filter System

Oil Filter

Tempest AA48103-2 - Spin EZ Oil Filter

Landing Light

LED Landing Light

Pitch Trim

Piper Electric Pitch Trim

DC 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

Vertical Compass

Precision Aviation PAI-700 - Vertical Compass

Strobe System

Whelan - Flashing Beacon Strobe System

ELT

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

Interior & Exterior

Interior Rating: 6/10

Paint Rating: 6/10

Interior Notes: 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. The ventilations ducts on the overhead of the interior and the cockpit are a cream-colored polymer plastic material. The window reveals, which are also a polymer plastic material are Yellow. The cabin window curtains are comprised of a Gray cloth material.

Exterior Notes: The exterior has one base color, which appears to be Sherwin-Williams 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.