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1946 Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser

Price
$195,000
Year
1946
Total time
5,649 hours
Location
United States

Specifications

General

Sale Status
For Sale
Make/Model
PIPER PA-12 SUPER CRUISER
Registration #
N3688M
Serial #
12-2634
Total time
5649
Engine 1 Time
402 SNEW
Prop 1 Time
8142 SNEW
Useful Load
704 lb
Condition
Used

Airframe

Aircraft Total Time
5649 hours

Engine

Engine Time
402 Since New 150HP 0320 Lycoming

Propeller

Propeller
New McCauley 8142 Propeller

Avionics

Avionics
Lightweight panel
  • Garmin 205 Com with intercom
  • Garmin GTX 327 Transponder
  • Garmin GDL 82 ADSB
  • Garmin 600 Color Moving pap GPS in panel

Interior

Interior
All new leather and matching trim throughout. Rated 10.
Exterior
All new overall white with gray accent and black pinstripe. Rated 10.

Remarks

Airframe
Complete rebuild in 2026
Annual Due
June 2027

Detailed Description

1946 Piper PA-12. Complete rebuild in 2026. New fuselage, New covering. New wings,. New tail. Pretty much a new plane. Everything documented and logged. Three seats and the wider cabin that the Supercub. For all intents and purposes this is is a new PA-12 Supercub hybrid.

Remarks

  • New Dakota Cub fuselage with custom modifications
  • Fittings for PA-18 main landing gear
  • PA-18 front seat
  • Left hand seaplane door (So two doors)
  • Overhead X Bracing
  • Skylight
  • Welded rear seaplane fittings
  • PA-18 elevator system
  • PA-18 flap control system
  • Removable baggage area crossbar
  • Rear baggage door
  • Welded shoulder harness brackets
  • Lower rear metal rear access panel
  • Gross weight increase to 1935 Lbs
  • PA-18 landing gear
  • New Atlee Dodge boarding step R/H Side
  • New Landing gear cabane
  • Six bolt Cleveland wheels
  • Double puck brakes
  • 29" Bushwheels
  • Atlee landing gear safety cables
  • Brake Boosters
  • New Firewall
  • New nose bowl
  • New engine cowlings (Sides, upper, lower anbd rails)
  • New boot cowlings
  • New instrument panel
  • PA-18 adjustable seat with approved under seat battery rack and PMA Hawker sealed battery
  • Hooker harnesses front and rear
  • All wiring, circuit breakers and switches replaced
  • New engine control cables
  • NEW EI Tach, volt/amp meter/oil temp/oil pressure/fuel flow and totalizer gauges
  • New leather interior
  • New metal interior panels
  • All glass replaced
  • New stainless steel flight control cables
  • PA-18 horizontal stab' and elevators
  • New 4130 Rudder with whelen beacon (Rudder AD does not apply)
  • Scot 3200 Tailwheel with baby bush fork, wheel, and tire
  • All parts installed with new hardware
  • Wings overhauled with new spars and NOS ribs
  • Flaps extended, Ailerons moved outboard and wingtips squared with end plates (Field approved)
  • Atlee Dodge Long Range Tanks 61 gallons
  • Atlee Dodge spar reinforcing brackets
  • Whelen wingtip strobes
  • L/H Landing light, taxi light with approval for R/H landing light (Not installed)
  • New Lifetime wing struts and jury struts (Univair)
  • All hew hardware in wings
  • Overhauled mags at time of engine install in 2026
  • Overhauled carburettor at time of engine install in 2026
  • New Champion spark plugs
  • Stoddard engine mount (moves engine back 4") Univair
  • New Dan's gascolator
  • Overhauled oil cooler
  • PA-18 exhaust with new muffler and shrouds
  • New engine baffling (both metal and rubber)
  • All new hoses and hardware
  • Skytec lightweight starter
  • Skytec lightweight alternator
  • Completely restored in 2026. New fuselage, New covering. New wings,. New tail. Pretty much a new plane. Everything documented and logged. Three seats and the wider cabin that the supercub. For all intents and purposes this is is a new PA-12 Supercub hybrid.

Aircraft record

N3688M

Registration

Registration
N3688M
Registered as
Piper PA-12
Year
1946
Serial number
12-2634
Engine
Lycoming 0-320 Series · 180 hp
Certificate
Standard
Airworthiness date
1988-03-09
Registered since
2024-12-30
Registration valid to
2031-12-31
Status
Valid

Accidents and incidents

None on record

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