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PiperTwin piston · Junction, Texas, USA

1979 Piper Navajo Chieftain

Price: $457,500
Year: 1979
Total time: 12,582 hours
Location: United States

Specifications

General

Manufacturer: PIPER
Model: NAVAJO CHIEFTAIN
Condition: Used
Registration #: N151ST
Flight Rules: IFR

Airframe

Total time: 12,582.1
Range: 690 Nm
Max Takeoff Weight: 3,342.07 kg

12,582.1 hours total time. IFR maintained. Certified FIKI with new deicing boots installed in 2019, heated pilot windshield and hot props. Boundary Layer VGs and landing gear gross weight increase. Crew/cargo door, wing lockers, nose baggage, new cabin door steps with STC, 406 ELT and R134a air conditioning. Annual completed May 3, 2026.

Propeller

Prop 1 Manufacturer: HARTZELL
Prop 1 Model: HC-E3YR-2ALTF
Prop 1 Time: 885.4 SOH
Prop 2 Manufacturer: HARTZELL
Prop 2 Model: HC-E3YR-2ALTF
Prop 2 Time: 885.4 SOH
Number of Blades: 3
Blade Composition: Aluminum

Avionics

Flight Deck Manufacturer/Model: GARMIN G600
Multi-Function Display 1 Manufacturer: GARMIN
Multi-Function Display 1 Model: G600
GPS 1 Manufacturer: GARMIN
GPS 1 Model: GTN 750
GPS 2 Manufacturer: GARMIN
GPS 2 Model: GTN 650
WAAS: Yes
LPV: Yes
Engine Monitor: Yes

Garmin G600 glass panel, Garmin GTN 750 and GTN 650 navigators, Garmin audio panel, dual transponders, Flight Stream 510/210, King color weather radar, and JPI 760 Twin Engine Monitor with EGT/CHT monitoring and fuel flow totalizers. Garmin avionics software updated March 25, 2026.

Equipment

Vortex Generators: Yes
Pressurized: Yes
Oxygen System: Yes
Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI): Yes
Inadvertent Ice Protection: Yes
Air Conditioning: Yes

Boundary Layer vortex generators. Landing gear gross weight increase. New cabin door steps with STC. Air conditioning converted to R134a refrigerant. Hartzell cabin heater I-5000 with ceramic core; AD 2004-21-05 noted as not applicable.

Certified FIKI with new deicing boots installed in 2019, heated pilot windshield, hot props, Hartzell I-5000 cabin heater with ceramic core, 406 ELT, R134a air conditioning, crew/cargo door, wing lockers, nose baggage, interior cabinetry, writing tables, Boundary Layer vortex generators, landing gear gross weight increase, new cabin door steps with STC, new brake discs, and Bruce cabin cover.

Interior

Year Interior: 2017
Number of Seats: 8
Lavatory: Yes
Configuration: Passenger

2017 matching leather interior. Eight-place seating configuration with belted potty, interior cabinetry and writing tables. Crew/cargo door, wing lockers and nose baggage.

Exterior

Year Painted: 2017

2017 restoration with Midnight Blue over White paint scheme and Metallic Silver accents. New deicing boots installed in 2019. Heated pilot windshield and hot props. Boundary Layer vortex generators. New cabin door steps with STC. Bruce cabin cover included.

Maintenance

Annual inspection completed May 3, 2026. IFR maintained. FAR 91.411 and 91.413 inspections complied with March 25, 2026. Garmin avionics software updated March 25, 2026.

Engine 1

Engine 1 Make/Model: LYCOMING TIO-540-J2BD
Engine 1 Serial Number: RL-11077-6A
Engine 1 Horsepower: 260.99 kW
Engine 1 Time: 414.3 SMOH
Engine 1 TBO: 1800
Year Engine 1 Overhauled or Installed as New: 2019
Engine 1 Turbocharged: Yes

Engine 2

Engine 2 Make/Model: LYCOMING LTIO-540-J2BD
Engine 2 Serial Number: L-2949-68A
Engine 2 Horsepower: 260.99 kW
Engine 2 Time: 885.4 SMOH
Engine 2 TBO: 1800
Year Engine 2 Overhauled or Installed as New: 2014
Engine 2 Turbocharged: Yes

Prop Specs

HC-E3YR-2ALTF, S/N DJ11325A, 885.4 hours TSOH as of September 11, 2026. Right: HC-E3YR-LFT, S/N DJ11209A, 885.4 hours SOH as of September 11, 2026. Right prop installed following overhaul October 2014. Left prop serviced and installed December 2019.

Description

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Beautifully Restored and maintained PA-31-350 Piper Chieftain

2017 Restoration included: Midnight Blue over White paint scheme with Metallic Silver accents, matching leather interior. Garmin Glass Panel Avionics Suite for enhanced situational awareness, featuring: Garmin G600 primary flight display with paired GTN750 and GTN650 Series Navigators, Audio Panel, dual Transponders and Radar.

JPI 760 TWIN Engine Monitor keeps those 350hp Lycoming TIO540 running healthy with EGT/CHT sensors and Fuel Flow Totalizers recording fuel burn and fuel remaining. 8 place interior, cabinetry, belted potty, crew / cargo doors, wing lockers, nose baggage.

Engine Manufacturer

Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD, S/N RL-11077-6A. Overhauled by Alaskan Aircraft Engines December 2019 and installed December 3, 2019. 414.3 hours SMOH as of September 11, 2026. JPI 760 Twin Engine Monitor with EGT/CHT monitoring and fuel flow totalizers.

Engine 2 Notes

Lycoming LTIO-540-J2BD, S/N L-2949-68A. Lycoming factory overhauled June 2014 and installed October 3, 2014. 885.4 hours SMOH as of September 11, 2026. JPI 760 Twin Engine Monitor with EGT/CHT monitoring and fuel flow totalizers.