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- Price: Call for Price
- Year: 1961
- Make/Model: Bellanca 14-19-3A Cruisemaster
- Registration Number: N8864R
- Power: Piston
- Engines: 1 Engine
- Class: Sport Planes
- Listing ID: 6739716
- Partner ID: 60554
- Posted On: Oct 1, 2024
- Updated On: Oct 2, 2024
Description
I'm of selling my once-in-a-lifetime-adventure Bellanca Cruisemaster.
The plane has been bought in 2022 in California and flown across the Atlantic to Switzerland.
In 2024 it underwent major maintenance, with Magnetos OVH, Starter OVH, Stepping side of the wing reconstruction and all hydrraulic hoses changed.
The plane is in annual until 2/2025 and flies regularly.
Very rare in Europe, 260hp engine will outclimb anything in your local airfield, while cruising at 10 000 ft, cruise 155kts on fuel burn 55 litr/h. When fliying for pleasure fuel burn 35 ltr/h.
200 Litre fuel capacity, operated off 480m green runway, never had a problem on MTOW Takeoff.
Engine monitoring system on each cylinder (awesome thing), 1-axis Autopilot (not to be trusted, but operates)
Logs since new, repaired and logged partial gear collapse sometime long time ago. Flew across half the world, so most probably it's solid.
Airplane time state:
TT approx 2800h, engine Continental IO-470-F, 450 SMOH, 450 SMOH Propeller. Prop Governor needs an OVH (operates but leaks, quoted on 2k).
Avionics
New Trig Radio and Transponder, 4-place COM, VOR and GS King Radio. AI needs replacement (operated VFR perfect days only, saving for AV-30 on the next annual), CHT and EGT on each cylinder.
Interior
Beautiful but a bit worn 6/10
Exterior
Cowling recently repainted. Looks nice from a distance. 6/10
Additional Features
Cleveland Wheels and Brakes, LED NAV lights 80 litre Aux tank, Penguin from Madagascar movie in the middle of the yoke.
Currently I am a sole owner and open to offers. Even more open to partial ownership. The Plane is in the process of registering under HB-reg.