Aircraft Buying & Selling Made Simple
Your Journey to Aircraft Ownership Starts Here
Aircraft Buying & Selling Made Simple
Your Journey to Aircraft Ownership Starts Here
Your Journey to Aircraft Ownership Starts Here
Your Journey to Aircraft Ownership Starts Here
North Star Aircraft is a trusted aircraft brokerage dedicated to helping buyers and sellers navigate the aviation market with clarity and confidence. We specialize in connecting you with the right aircraft while providing straightforward guidance every step of the way.
Aircraft Details:
- Serial Number: E-480
- Total Time: ~4,700+ hours
- 6-seat configuration
Engine:
- Continental IO-520-BB
* ~1,500+ hours since overhaul
- Factory rebuilt engine installed in 1996
Propeller:
- McCauley 3-blade
- Overhauled in 2014
* ~1,600+ hours since overhaul
Avionics:
- King KX-165 NAV/COM
- KN62A DME
- Garmin GMA340 Audio Panel
- S-TEC 55X Autopilot
Weight & Balance:
- Empty Weight: 2,372 lbs
- Useful Load: 1,227 lbs
Maintenance & Notes:
- Imported from Japan (formerly JA3911) with detailed logbooks
- Consistent inspection history from 1983–2020
- U.S. Weight & Balance completed (2025)
- Transponder and pitot-static system certified (91.411 / 91.413)
- No known damage history
Location: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA (KRHV)
All specifications subject to buyer verification.
Airframe:
- Total Time: ~11,969 hours (TTAF)
- Factory cargo doors
- 6-seat configuration
- Fixed gear, high-wing design
- Approx. 1,500 lb useful load
- No known damage history
- Clean airframe with no corrosion reported
Engine:
- Continental TSIO-520-C (285 HP Turbocharged)
* ~273 hours since major overhaul (SMOH)
- Overhaul completed Nov 2019
- Strong-running, low-time engine
Propeller:
- McCauley 3-blade (D3A32C88-MR / S-82NC-2)
- Approx. 526 hours since prop overhaul (SPOH)
Avionics:
- Clean, traditional steam-gauge panel
- Dual COM radios
- Standard IFR flight instruments
- Functional layout with room for modernization
- Ideal candidate for avionics
Maintenance & Condition:
- Consistent maintenance history
- Complete logbooks available
- Last annual: March 2025
- Altimeter, static system & transponder compliant (91.411 / 91.413)
Location: Reid-Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA (KRHV)
All specifications subject to buyer verification.
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