1979 Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 180Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Knoxville, TN, USA

This 1979 Beechcraft C23 Sundowner 180, registration N6014Z, is being offered as an excellent IFR and commercial training platform with extensive recent upgrades. The airframe has logged 4426 total hours, and the Lycoming O-360-A4K engine was overhauled in February 1992, now with 1239 hours SMOH against a 2000-hour recommended TBO. The Sensenich propeller has 897 hours since overhaul (August 1995). Good compression readings were noted in January 2026, and the aircraft is current with an annual inspection completed in October 2025.

The panel is equipped with a Garmin G430W, a Garmin G5 electronic flight instrument providing HSI capability, a...

Year: 1979

Make: Beechcraft

Series: Sundowner

Model: C23 Sundowner 180

Tail #: N6014Z

Serial #: M-2141

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Training

Flight Rules: VFR & IFR

Useful Load: 895 lbs

Seats (Stock): 4

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 4,426 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 1,249 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 897 hrs (SPOH)

Logbook Status: A prior owner lost airframe logbooks 1/1979 to 2/1992 (1st 13 years). Aircraft Logbook #1 starts 2/20/1992 continuous through the present (4/2026). Present Lycoming Engine Logs are maintained continuously since 2/20/1992 and includes its 2/20/1992 OH.

Inspection Status: Annual 10/2025

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GNS 430W - WASS

Comms

Bendix-King KX125 - TSO Nav-Com

Audio

Bendix-King KA134 - TSO Audio Panel

ADSB

UAvionix Skybeacon - Wingtip ADS-B Out

ADS-B In

UAvionix Skybeacon - Wingtip ADS-B In

PFD

Garmin G5 PFD - Electronic Flight Instrument (w/ DG/HI/HSI)

Additional Equipment

Transponder

Garmin GTX 327 - GTX Transponder

Intercom

Sigtronic SPA-400 - Intercom

Clock

EI SC-5 - EI Super Clock

Engine Monitoring

EI Digital Oil Press Gauge - EI EI EGT/CHT

Landing Light

Wellen LED Landing Light

Battery

Concord RG-35 AXE - AXE 12V Battery

Strobe / Navigation Lights

UAvionix Skybeacon - Wingtip Strobe Nav Lights, Rotating Tail (Red)

USB Charger

2 USB-A Mobile Phone Charger Ports

Directional Gyro

Sigma-Tek DG - DG OH 2/2026

Vacuum Pump

New Vacuum Pump 2/2024

Alternator

New Alternator 9/2022

Starter

Skytech Lightweight Aluminum Starter - New 9/2021

Carburetor

New Carburetor 4/2021

Fuel Gauge

Aerospace Logic Digital Fuel Gauge - New

Fuel Senders

CIES LH & RH Inboard Fuel Senders - New CIES LH RH

Interior & Exterior

Paint Year: 2006

Interior Notes: Interior good with recent (5-yrs) naugahyde seat covering and new carpet (1-yr).

Exterior Notes: Exterior paint is good with very little fade, stripped entire airframe 8/1/2006, then 3 coats of new Jet-Glo poly paint. Also 8/2006: New dorsal fin, new stab tips, new wing tips.