1996 Wheeler ExpressSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Arlington, WA, USA

This 1996 Wheeler Express, registered as N404CB and serial number 70, is offered at $140,000 and is a particularly well-constructed example of the fast, experimental composite single. Built by Bill and John Copeland, who incorporated the best practices from guiding many other builders, the aircraft is equipped for serious cross-country work. It is a fully IFR platform with just 295 hours on the Lycoming IO-540-C4B5 engine since a major overhaul. The airframe total time is 1,600 hours.

The aircraft has a known incident history: a nose gear collapse in March 2018 resulted in a prop strike. The engine was subsequently overhauled per Lycoming’s...