1977 Cessna 340A

General

Manufacturer

CESSNA

Model

340A

Condition

Used

Registration #

N56ME

Flight Rules

IFR

Based at

KMTH

Airframe

Total time

6,645

Range

1,000 Nm

Max Takeoff Weight

2,871.24 kg

Basic Empty Weight

1,787.61 kg

Useful Load

1,083.63 kg

Fuel Capacity Volume

768.44 L

Auxiliary Fuel Tank

Yes

Complete Logs

Yes

Dual flight control yokes

push to talk on both, pilot yoke: electric trim adjust, GA, AP off, trim off, Ident Pressurized 4.3 psid.

Long range tanks 203 gallons

50/50 tips (main), 31.5/31.5 wings (auxiliary), 20/20 Nacelles

FIKI certified

Boots, Props, Pitot, Vents, Stall Vane, Windscreen heater plate

Switch selectable

Air conditioning / system fan

Static wicks

Tip tanks, control surfaces

• Vortex generators (gross weight increase)
• RAM IV engines 325HP (performance increase)
• Polished aluminum propeller spinners
• Pressurization cabin heater
• Keith electric air conditioning (can be run from a ground power cart)
• Six air conditioning outlets – directable for each occupant location
• New Hartzell gas fired heater, no repetitive AD Used less than 1 hour
• Cabin fan for heat and recirculation
• Wemac and overhead lamps for each seat
• Cabin Relief tube (reaches all passenger seats)
• Baggage area in pressurized aft cabin with hold--down straps limited to 340#
• Baggage in unpressurized nose compartment limited to 300# with access doors on each side
• Baggage in each unpressurized nacelle limited to 120# (With fuel nacelle tanks limit is reached when 20 gallons are loaded)
• Bruce’s Custom covers engine plugs and sunshades
• 5 grey leather seats with seat back pockets
• Crew seats have sheep skin covers and adjustable seat backs and chair height
• aft facing seats have adjustable tilt, aft seat has a releasable seat back to clear baggage area, and all can slide fore and aft
• Club seating with table. Possible to have all seats face forward if desired
• Headset jacks and O2 port at each seat location
• O2 cannula for each seat
• 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
• In Cabin Baggage area has tie-down straps
• Clothes hanger racks

Propeller

Prop 1 Manufacturer

HARTZELL

Prop 1 Model

PHC-C3YF-2UF

Prop 1 Time

446 SNEW

Prop 2 Manufacturer

HARTZELL

Prop 2 Time

446 SNEW

Number of Blades

3

Blade Composition

Aluminum

Props Sync

Yes

Avionics

GPS 1 Manufacturer

GARMIN

GPS 1 Model

GNS530W

GPS 2 Manufacturer

GARMIN

GPS 2 Model

GNS530W

Transponder 1 Manufacturer

GARMIN

Transponder 1 Model

GTX345

Autopilot Manufacturer

CESSNA

Autopilot Model

800 IFCS

ADS-B Equipped

Yes

WAAS

Yes

LPV

Yes

Yaw Damper

Yes

Active Traffic

Yes

Terrain Warning System

Yes

Electric pitch trim

Autopilot OFF – yoke switch, Autopilot ON – AP Controller adjust

• 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 – MA345 – 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
• 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

Equipment

Vortex Generators

Yes

Pressurized

Yes

Oxygen System

Yes

Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI)

Yes

Inadvertent Ice Protection

Yes

Air Conditioning

Yes

• Keith Electric air conditioning
• Hartzell solid state regulators
• Hartzell ALV9610 alternators and elastomeric couplers

Interior

Year Interior

1977

Number of Seats

5

Configuration

Passenger

Exterior

Year Painted

2005

Jet Glo Paint: Matterhorn White, Sapphire Blue, Steel Blue, Aristo Blue

Maintenance

Airworthy

Yes

• All AD's complied with.
• The maintenance emphasis has been to make sure the mechanicals 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
• Right wing replaced for spar corrosion many years ago.

Engine 1

Engine 1 Make/Model

CONTINENTAL TSIO520NB

Engine 1 Serial Number

228059

Engine 1 Horsepower

242.35 kW

Engine 1 Time

46 SMOH

Engine 1 TBO

1600

Aftermarket Engine 1 STC

Yes

Year Engine 1 Overhauled or Installed as New

2025

Engine 1 Time Remaining To Overhaul

1554

Engine 1 Turbocharged

Yes

Engine 2

Engine 2 Make/Model

CONTINENTAL TSIO520NB

Engine 2 Serial Number

290974-R

Engine 2 Horsepower

242.35 kW

Engine 2 Time

46 SMOH

Engine 2 TBO

1600

Aftermarket Engine 2 STC

Yes

Year Engine 2 Overhauled or Installed as New

2025

Engine 2 Time Remaining To Overhaul

1554

Engine 2 Turbocharged

Yes

Registration

Registration

N56ME

Registered as

Cessna 340A

Year

1977

Serial number

340A0316

Engine

Cont Motor Io 520 Series · 285 hp

Certificate

Standard

Airworthiness date

1996-05-17

Registered since

2017-02-13

Registration valid to

2030-02-28

Status

Valid

Accidents and incidents

None on record