This 1958 Piper PA-23-260 Apache Is an Upgraded ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Today’s Top Pick is a 1958 Piper PA-23-160 Apache.

Light twins on the used market are hot items for flight schools and pilots pursuing multiengine ratings or building time toward airline careers. While the aircraft for sale today would appeal to those customers, it also would make an ideal personal aircraft for pilots who regularly take cross-country trips or fly other missions that call for the power, load-carrying capacity, and redundancy of a twin-engine aircraft.

With a roomy cabin, five seats, and the enhanced safety of two engines, the Apache is well-suited to missions flown at night, over large bodies of water in mountainous, unforgiving terrain.

This 1958 Piper Apache has 5,397 hours on the airframe. The aircraft has undergone a Geronimo conversion that included an upgrade to 180 hp Lycoming O-360 engines, which have 1,413 hours on the left and 1,436 on the right. The conversion also added an extended nose and additional side windows. Wing tip tans boost fuel capacity to 156 gallons and maximum gross weight is 4,000 pounds.

The panel includes dual Garmin G5s, Garmin GNS 430 GPS/nav/com, Garmin 345 audio panel, GTX 327 transponder, SL40 com, dual CGR-30P engine monitors and analog airspeed, attitude altimeter, compass and vertical speed instruments.

Pilots who are interested in an economical light twin for travel, training or time-building should consider this 1958 PA-23-160, which is available for $120,000 on AircraftForSale.

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