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2003 Piper Archer IIISingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • West Lafayette, IN, USA

This 2003 Piper Archer III, registration N543PU, is being offered as government surplus from Purdue University where it served as a complex trainer for commercial pilot and flight instructor training. The aircraft shows a total airframe time of 7,212 hours with a current tach time of 1,207 hours. It features a Lycoming IO-360-C1C6 engine with 1,007 hours since its factory overhaul in June 2020, and a McCauley propeller that was newly installed in August 2017 and overhauled in February 2024, showing zero hours since overhaul and 1,803 hours total time.

The aircraft maintains complete logbook records through The adlog™ system and has no...

Year
2003
Make
Piper
Series
PA-28
Model
Archer III
Tail #
N543PU
Serial #
L-30869-51E

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Specifications

Category
Single-Engine Piston
Intended Use
Training
Flight Rules
IFR

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time
7,212 hrs
Engine 1 Time
1,007 hrs
Engine 2 Time
5,160 hrs
Prop 2 Time
1,803 hrs
Logbook Status
Complete logbook records utilizing The adlog™ Aircraft Maintenance Recordkeeping System

Avionics

GPS

Garmin GNS 430W - NAV/COM as per STC#SA01933LA, MFD and GPS antenna installed as per STC#SA01205WI-D

Comms

Garmin GNS 430 - #1 NAV/COM Factory Installed, #2 NAV/COM as per STC#SA01933LA

Autopilot

Audio

Garmin GMA 340 - Audio Panel Factory Installed

Weather

Traffic

Bendix King KTA 870 - Traffic Advisory System installed as per STC#SA00975WI-D

ADS-B Out

Garmin GTX 335 - Transponder ADS-B Out Compliant as per STC#SA07174WI

ADS-B In

PFD

MFD

Bendix King KMD 250 - MFD and KA92 GPS antenna installed as per STC#SA01205WI-D

EMS/EIS

Additional Equipment

Compass System

Bendix King KI-525A - H.S.I. as part of the KCS Compass System Factory Installed

ADF

S-TEC RCR-650D - S-TEC ADF Factory Installed (currently inoperative)

ELT

Artex ME406 - MHz ELT Installed as a minor alteration

Lighting System

Precise Flight Pulselight Model 1210 - Inc Landing and Recognition Control System as per STC#SA4005NM

Ignition System

Unison Industries Slick Start - Magneto Booster System as per STC#SA593CH

Engine Filter

Brackett Engine Inlet Filter - as per STC#SA693CE

Engine Pre-Heater

Tanis Engine Pre-Heater - Aircraft Products installed as minor alteration

Engine & Propeller

Engine Type
Piston
Engine Count
1
Engine Make
Lycoming
Engine Model
IO-360-C1C6
Propeller Model
McCauley B2D34C213-B

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Aircraft Location

West Lafayette, IN, USA

Listing Details

Used
For Sale

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First Seen: Nov 10, 2025

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