1981 Piper Turbo Saratoga SP (1980 - 1987)Single-Engine Piston Aircraft • Stockton, CA, USA

This 1981 Piper Turbo Saratoga SP, registration N120DG and serial number 32R-8129077, presents with 4,812 hours total time since new and a useful load of 1,197 pounds across six seats. The aircraft has logged 550 hours over the past six years, which the seller cites as evidence of high dispatch reliability. Damage history includes major repairs made 09/19/1985 due to ground wind damage and a left wingtip repair from a ground incident on 07/05/1996. Logbooks are largely original and complete, though airframe logbook 2 is missing for the dates 04/07/1999 through 11/12/2013; airframe logbooks 1 and 3, both engine logbooks, and all three...

Year: 1981

Make: Piper

Series: Lance / Saratoga

Model: Turbo Saratoga SP (1980 - 1987)

Tail #: N120DG

Serial #: 32R-8129077

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Business, Recreational, Passenger

Flight Rules: IFR

Useful Load: 1,197 lbs

Seats: 6

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 4,812 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 1,449 hrs (SMOH)

Prop 1 Time: 1,449 hrs (SPOH)

Logbook Status: Airframe logbooks 1 and 3 original and complete to current. Airframe logbook 2 missing (dates 04/07/1999 through 11/12/2013). Engine logbooks 1 (starts at overhaul 07/07/1992) & 2 original and complete. Propeller logbooks 1 (starts 10/15/1986), 2 and 3 original and complete.

Inspection Status: Annual inspection due by 05/01/2027. IFR recertification due by 05/01/2028. ELT battery replacement due 03/31/2027.

Avionics

Audio

Garmin GMA 345 - GMA Bluetooth audio panel with music, isolation and 3LMB

GPS

Garmin GNC 355 - GNC WAAS GPS/Nav/Com; GNS GPS/Nav/Com; with AirGizmos panel mount for flight plan cross fill traffic

Comms

Garmin GNC 355 - GTX remote transponder linked to the G3X through GSU 25D

PFD

Garmin GX3 - touchscreen PFD/MFD with sensor kit and Synthetic Vision (GSU ADAHRS, GMU 11 magnetometer, GTP OAT probe, GEA 24); electronic attitude indicator

MFD

Garmin GX3 - Touchscreen PFD/MFD w/sensor kit and Synthetic Vision

EMS

Garmin GEA 24 - GEA airframe to engine interface adapter and indication system

ADS-B In

Garmin GDL 50R - GDL dual-band ADS-B FIS-B Wx, NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs and winds aloft

ADSB

uAvionix tailBeacon - ADS-B

Garmin GFC 500 - GFC digital flight control/autopilot, GAD ARINC interface

Traffic

Garmin aera 760 - w/AirGizmos panel mount, for flight plan cross fill traffic

Weather

Garmin GDL 50R - GDL dual-band ADS-B FIS-B Wx, NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs and winds aloft

Additional Equipment

Air Conditioning

Factory A/C - air conditioning (placarded inop, all components in place, total weight 70 lbs.)

Battery

EarthX - TSO lithium aircraft battery (one hour operation without alternator)

Backup Battery

TCW Technologies IBBS-12V-3AH - TCW TSO avionics backup battery

Fuel Pump

Engine drive fuel pump overhauled 11/11/2025

Landing Gear

Installed overhauled power pack hydraulic landing gear pump 04/16/2026

Fuel Injection

GAMI turboGAMIjectors - GAMI Inc., installed 11/01/2021 per STC SE9445SC

Engine Mount

Engine mount overhauled by Aerospace Welding and new isolators installed 03/16/2016

Air/Oil Separator

M-20 Turbos M20 - air/oil separator installed per STC

Air Filter

Brackett BA-3010 - air filter assembly installed 10/15/96 per STC SA71GL

Lighting

LED high intensity landing light, LED wingtip strobes and nav lights

Windows

Great Lakes - Left windshield and left pilot window replaced with new windows 10/17/1991

Tires

Nose and main tires replaced 12/22/2024

Controls

Throttle and mixture control cables replaced 10/19/2024

Covers

Bruces Aircraft - wing covers, fuselage cover and propeller cover; engine inlet cover

ELT

Narco ELT 10 - ELT with pilot side panel mounted switch

Intercom

Garmin GMA 345 - Six-place intercom system through GMA with standard jacks

Avionics Backup Battery

TCW Technologies IBBS-12V-3AH - TCW TSO avionics backup built-in lithium (90+ minutes backup); built-in (four hour backup)

Aircraft Battery

EarthX - TSO lithium aircraft battery (one hour operation without alternator)

Fuel Injectors

turboGAMIjectors - GAMI installed 11/01/2021 per STC SE9445SC

Landing Light

LED high intensity landing light

Strobes and Nav Lights

LED wingtip strobes and nav lights

Pitot

Heated pitot

Brakes

Copilot brakes; parking brake

Towbar

Yoke Switches

Pilot yoke PTT, electric pitch trim, A/P disconnect, CWS and ident switches; copilot yoke PTT switch

Interior & Exterior

Interior Rating: 5/10

Interior Year: 1994

Paint Rating: 6/10

Paint Year: 1994

Interior Notes: Interior refurbished by Don Ogle Aircraft Interiors Inc., Oklahoma City, OK 05/31/1994. Recover seats, side panels, headliner, nose baggage, carpet replaced, & seatbelts re-webbed. Ivory suede headliner. White textured plastic window trim with curtains. Gray patterned fabric side panels and trim over blue carpeting. Pilot and copilot light beige leather seats with head rests, lap belts, shoulder harnesses. Aft cabin club configuration light beige leather seats with head rests and lap belts with forward center Styrofoam center console storage and four cupholders. Overhead pilot and copilot map/instrument lights and switchable dome light. Overhead cabin speaker. Forward cabin upper and lower air vents. Mid/aft cabin upper switchable lights. Black textured mat flooring. Aft cabin cargo/baggage area with tiedown straps and hat shelf.

Exterior Notes: Aircraft stripped and repainted by Business Jet Design, Inc., Shawnee, OK 05/23/1994. Sherwin-Williams Aerospace polyurethane paint Jet Glo Graystone (576-693) and Jet Glo Aristo Blue (572-690) with Acry Glo Light Burgandy (HR-10629) trim.