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SocataSingle-engine piston · Fletcher, NC

1986 Socata TB-20 Trinidad

Price
$149,900
Year
1986
Total time
4,355 hours
Location
United States
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Specifications

General

Sale Status
For Sale
Make/Model
SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD
Registration #
N52JG
Serial #
670
Total time
4355
Engine 1 Time
2250 SMOH
Prop 1 Time
793 SPOH
Useful Load
1100 lb
Condition
Used
Year Painted
1986
Interior Year
1986
Flight Rules
BTH

Airframe

1986 Socata TB-20 Trinidad, N52JG, S/N 670. TTAF 4,355. Lycoming IO-540-C4D5D, 2,250 SMOH - past published TBO but flying regularly and healthy, with strong compressions at the February 2026 annual (77/ over 80), satisfactory ground run and leak check. McCauley B3D32C412-C three-blade prop, 793 SPOH. Priced to reflect engine time - an honest, flying airplane for the buyer planning an overhaul on their own schedule.

Fresh annual 2/16/2026 (Belle Aircraft Maintenance, Fletcher NC) - no defects noted. IFR 91.411/91.413 certifications completed 4/17/2026, good through April 2028 - fly it IFR the day you take delivery (GPS approaches await your navigator upgrade or database update). AD compliance verified through 2/2026. ADS-B Out compliant. No known damage history. ELT battery good through 10/2027.

Avionics

  • Aspen Evolution EFD 1000 PFD (backup battery checked 2/2026)
  • Stratus ESG transponder - 2020-compliant ADS-B Out
  • Bendix/King KX 155 Nav/Com with glideslope
  • Bendix/King KNS 80 RNAV/Nav system
  • Bendix/King KLN 94 color GPS (functions normally; database no longer current - panel is ready for your GTN/IFD navigator of choice, with the expensive glass PFD already done)
  • Bendix/King KMA 24 audio panel
  • Second com [CONFIRM: KY 197A?]
  • Autopilot with altitude hold [CONFIRM MODEL - S-TEC?]
  • Insight G2 graphic engine monitor
  • FuelScan 450 fuel computer
  • Yoke-mounted tablet holder for ForeFlight
  • Serious inquiries via listing . Logbook scans available to qualified buyers - ask.

Detailed Description

1986 SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD - Aspen Glass, Fresh Annual, Current IFR Certs

Remarks

The Trinidad is the great overlooked traveling machine of the retractable single market - 250 hp, ~155-knot cruise, 86 gallons usable, a cabin wider than a Bonanza's, gull-wing doors, and handling every owner describes the same way: docile. This one wears its original-style white with blue and gold livery and has been flown, maintained, and annualed continuously - not a hangar queen resurrection project.

Sold with all logbooks. Based at Asheville Regional (KAVL), Fletcher, NC. Reasonable pre-buy inspection welcome at KAVL

Aircraft record

N52JG

Registration

Registration
N52JG
Registered as
Socata TB-20 TRINIDAD
Serial number
670
Engine
Lycoming Io-540 Ser · 300 hp
Certificate
Standard
Airworthiness date
1986-04-16
Registered since
2022-07-08
Registration valid to
2029-07-31
Status
Valid

Accidents and incidents

None on record

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