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Multi-Engine Piston

1977 CESSNA 340A

Marathon, FL · USA
🕒 Listed 2 months ago
$375,000
fyiEstimate $296,000–$303,500 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 71 comparable Cessna 340A listings ($299,000), then adjusts for:

  • Year -1 vs comparable listings -1.5%
  • Airframe time +1,927 hr vs comps -3.9%
  • Engine time -569 hr vs comps +8.0%
  • Modern GPS navigator (83% of comps) +2.3%
  • Autopilot (79% of comps) +0.6%
  • Market supply: 63 for sale of 540 FAA-registered -4.8%

Shown as a range. An estimate from asking-price comparables and FAA supply data — not an appraisal.

1977
6,645 hrs
N56ME ✈ Flight Tracking
Aug 21, 2026 (59 days ago)
C340A-316
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2
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Jabe Luttrell Individual
Per the FAA aircraft registry (public record)
📍 Key West, FL

Overview

Make / ModelCessna 340A
TypeMulti-Engine Piston
Airframe time6,645 hrs
Engine time46 SMOH
Avionics / GPSGarmin GNS 530
Avionics / Audio panelGarmin GMA345
Avionics / GPS / navGNS530W
InspectionAnnual
Garmin GPS Autopilot FIKI / known ice ADS-B

Description

Detailed Description Nice, regularly flying. Just completed a 3000+ mile trip, Dual GNS530Ws IFR equipped, full autopilot coupled easily fly RNAV LPV, LNAV+V, ILS to low minimums. Electric air conditioned, pressurized, new gas heater, FIKI, annual due 12/26, 5 seats, 2389# useful load, long range 203 gal tanks. All gas tank bladders replaced. Complete firewall forward overhaul completed. Currently 46 hours SMOH with RAM Series IV engines. Landing gear extensive overhaul. Expensive repairs, improvements, and overhauls have been done. This airplane is ready to fly. The maintenance emphasis has been to make sure the machanicals are reliable. So extensive repairs been made. This is a 49 year old airplane. but it has mechanicals less than ten years old many less than 1 year old. The airplane has been maintained to be ready for flight not sit waiting for repairs. It presents well and your passengers will be confident in flying in it. Overhauled landing gear linkages, struts, rigged per Cessna procedure Replaced worn loose link in landing gear manual linkage Powder coated landing gear linkages, struts Cleaned, primed and painted white the wheel wells Overhauled brake calipers, new seals, insulators, fittings New brake hoses Powder coated brake components Tires replaced with retread Goodyear Flight Custom III's Interior wing, fuselage, empennage, tail, vertical stab treated with Corrosion X annually. Replaced AC compressor with new and overhauled motor. Changed to Freon 134a Replaced worn loose links in pilot seat adjustment Replaced right inner and outer flap and aileron Replaced right landing light assembly Replaced left and right landing light bulb with superbright LEDs Replaced left and right wing strobe lights with flashing LEDs Replaced OEM voltage regulators with Hartzell R1224B regulators Replaced left main electric fuel pump Replaced all 6 fuel bladders with Eagle tanks This airplane did encounter damage in the past. All damaged items have been repaired with new, overhauled, or serviceable replacement parts. Right main gear collapsed in 2024. The right flaps, aileron, and landing light were replaced. The entire landing gear system was overhauled. Bent nose gear linkage 2018 due to FBO ground handling error. Replaced damaged links. Rigged gear per Cessna manual Right wing replaced for spar corrosion many years ago. Vortex generators RAM IV engines 325HP Polished alum. prop spinners Dual flight control yokes Pressurized 4.3 psid. Pressurization cabin heater Long range tanks 203 gallon FIKI certified Keith electric air conditioning New Hartzell gas fired heater 1hr SNEW Cabin Relief tube Aft cabin Baggage 340# Nose Baggage 300# with access doors on each side Nacelle baggage 120# Static wick 5 grey leather seats with seat back pockets Adjustable Crew seats with sheep skin covers 2 aft facing seats 1 aft forward seat Club seating with table. Headset jacks and O2 port at each seat location Recent new Grey carpets, Grey window curtains Beige side trim and off white head liner Lower door has leather covered chains with hydraulic dampeners Upper door and nacelle hatches have air-springs Clothes hanger racks Wemac and overhead lamps for each seat

Modifications

Firewall Forward overhaul both sides RAM Series IV 325 HP 46 hours SMOH both Nacelles stripped, inspected, primed and painted. High Temperature silver around the turbocharger and aft exhaust components, White single stage polyurethane everywhere else including cowling. Firewall access panel removed, cleaned, inspected fuel lines behind panel, painted with high temperature paint and sealed with high temperature RTV. New Slick Magnetos New Hartzell ALV-9610 light weight alternators with elastomeric couplers New Starter motors New vacuum pumps New Stratoflex hoses New engine mounts Overhauled fuel controls and induction manifolds Overhauled governors Overhauled intercoolers Overhauled turbo controllers Overhauled waste gate valves and actuators Overhauled baffles with new blue fiber reinforce silicone and powder coated aluminum Hartzell Q-tip propeller 446 SNEW, IRAN'd, disassembled, cleaned, inspected, lubricated, painted New propeller heater brushes New or overhauled exhaust risers, slip joints, elbows, Wyes, tail pipes, waste gate tail pipes. New induction elbows New Challenger induction air filters Turbo chargers inspected and flushed Polished aluminum spinners 68 gph takeoff WOT, 50 gph climb, 35 gph cruise, cruise 170kts @SL, 211kts @25K'

Avionics

Cessna IFCS800B - Flight Director Auto-Pilot w/Altitude hold/Glideslope NSD360 HSI (drives auto pilot) Flight Director/Attitude gyro (drives autopilot and displays Flight Director bars) Electric Turn and bank gyro Yaw damper (minimizes turbulence effects especially for passengers) Garmin - GMA345 - Audio Panel Garmin - GTX345 Transponder ADSB in/out and Bluetooth Garmin - GI-106 CDI/GSI Dual cross linked Garmin GNS530W's Garmin GNS530W - IFR Approach WAAS GPS, Comm 1, Nav 1 Linked to HSI and autopilot Garmin GNS530W - IFR Approach WAAS GPS, Comm 2, Nav 2 Linked to Garmin GI-106 Stormscope WX100 displayed on either 530W Color weather displayed on either 530W ADSB Traffic displayed on either 530W ADSB Terrain warning display database on either 530W Three axis manual flight trim Electric pitch trim: Autopilot OFF - yoke switch, Autopilot ON - AP Controller adjust Hartzell propeller synchrophaser EI Smart clock Outside Air Temperature gauge NARCO DME sourced from either 530W or internally Copilot Attitude indicator and altimeter Hoskins CFS2000 fuel computer Original Engine gauges

Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 750Xi

A GNS 530 is a drop-in upgrade to the GTN 750Xi — bigger touchscreen, WAAS/LPV, and modern nav/comm/MFD.

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How this aircraft compares

Where this Cessna 340A lands versus other Cessna 340A listings on fyiAero.

Price

75th pct
$160k$745kThis aircraft · $375k

$375k · 75th percentile of 71 listings

Airframe time

92nd pct
2,65010,146This aircraft · 6,645

6,645 hours total (TTAF) · 92nd percentile of 74 listings

Engine time (Engine 1)

4th pct
201,799This aircraft · 46

46 hours since major overhaul · 4th percentile of 74 listings

Engine time (Engine 2)

7th pct
21,832This aircraft · 46

46 hours since major overhaul · 7th percentile of 68 listings

Percentile = share of comparable listings at or below this value. Lower airframe/engine hours are generally fresher; price reflects the asking price only.

Operating costs & specifications — Cessna 340

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna 340 (not this specific airframe).

$44,572annual budget · 76 hrs/yr
$309variable cost / hour
$1.47cost per nm
34.0gph fuel burn
$213,082avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $296,000–$303,500

Performance & dimensions

Range1,258 nm
Cruise speed210 kts · 242 mph
Takeoff / landing1760.0 / 765.0

About this plane

Twin engine piston aircraft with retractable landing gear. The 340 seats up to 5 passengers plus 1 pilot.

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Last flight

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