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Single-Engine Piston

1979 PIPER TURBO DAKOTA

🕒 Listed 4 months ago
$149,000
fyiEstimate $182,000–$186,500 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 150 comparable Piper Single-Engine Piston listings ($157,816), then adjusts for:

  • Year +2 vs comparable listings +3.0%
  • Airframe time -1,815 hr vs comps +3.6%
  • Engine time -675 hr vs comps +5.4%
  • No Autopilot (51% of comps have one) -0.9%
  • ADS-B (58% of comps) +1.1%
  • Market supply: 1 for sale of 62 FAA-registered +3.6%

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

1979
2,550 hrs
N2854X ✈ Flight Tracking
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28-7921067
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📍 Sparta, Tennessee
Richard M Smith Individual
Per the FAA aircraft registry (public record)
📍 Whitleyville, TN

Overview

Make / ModelPiper TURBO DAKOTA
TypeSingle-Engine Piston
Airframe time2,550 hrs
Engine time140 SMOH
ADS-B

Description

ORIGINALCLEAN NO DAMAGE DAKOTA That pretty well sums up what this airplane is.2550TT 140 SMOH & 40 on the prop. ORIGINAL KING RADIO PACKAGE, KX 175s KT 76 txp with ADSB out, PERFECT FOR A AVIONICS UPGRADE OR BUILD TIME LIKE IT IS It has a Century II that I am working on but make no guarantee! 76 gallons of fuel and 1128# useful load make this a TRUE 4 place HIGH altitude traveling machine. paint was redone 20 plus years ago and the interior is original, owned by a great gentleman who at age 87 has decided to quit flying, in annual and ready to deliver, She wont last long Don't miss it CALL

Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 650Xi

No IFR GPS navigator is listed — a GTN 650Xi is the standard entry point for WAAS/LPV capability.

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Garmin GFC 500 autopilot

No autopilot is listed — a GFC 500 (or S-TEC 3100 / Trio Pro Pilot where the GFC isn't STC'd) adds a modern digital autopilot with envelope protection, subject to model approval.

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Suggestions are based on the panel described in this listing; verify STC approval for this make/model before any installation.

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General

Year1979
ManufacturerPIPER
ModelTURBO DAKOTA
Serial Number28-7921067
Registration #N2854X
ConditionUsed

Airframe

Total Time2,550

Engine

Engine 1 Time140 SMOH
Engine TBO2000

Operating costs & specifications — Piper PA 28 201T Turbo Dakota

Typical model-level figures for the Piper PA 28 201T Turbo Dakota (not this specific airframe).

$29,253annual budget · 103 hrs/yr
$154variable cost / hour
$0.99cost per nm
12.0gph fuel burn
$175,177avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $182,000–$186,500

Performance & dimensions

Range729 nm
Cruise speed156 kts · 180 mph
Takeoff / landing963.0 / 861.0

About this plane

Single engine piston aircraft with fixed landing gear. The PA-28-201T Turbo Dakota seats up to 3 passengers plus 1 pilot.

Previous listing for N2854X

Previous listing photo of N2854X

1979 PIPER TURBO DAKOTA

Then asking
$149k
Airframe
2,534 hrs
View previous listing ↗ · last seen Oct 2026

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Last flight

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