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This 2022 Daher TBM 960 Is a Fast Aircraft For Sale Top Pick
A 2022 Daher TBM 960 with 860 hours on the airframe has been highlighted as a top pick for sale, offering pilots a high-performance turboprop alternative to basic piston singles.
Pilot training frequently begins in aircraft like the Cessna 172 or Piper PA-28, but aviators regularly seek upgrades offering increased speed, room, and payload capacity. Stepping up from a light twin or speedy piston single brings a dramatic boost in capability. Daher and its predecessor companies have manufactured luxurious single-engine turboprops since 1994, resulting in the TBM 960. This model stands out as one of the fastest and most technologically advanced single-engine civilian aircraft available today.
The featured 2022 TBM 960 has logged 860 hours since new on both its airframe and its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-66XT engine, which features a 5,000-hour TBO. Propulsion is handled by a Hartzell Raptor five-blade composite propeller that includes electric blade deicing, along with featherable and reversible capabilities. Both the engine and propeller link to a dual-channel digital Engine and Propeller Electronic Control System.
Flight deck technology includes the Garmin G3000 integrated avionics suite. The panel features dual 12-inch primary flight displays with Synthetic Vision, a 12-inch multi-function display, dual touchscreen controllers, dual nav/coms, dual attitude and heading reference systems with magnetometers, and dual digital air data computers. Additional avionics consist of an audio controller, transponders with ADS-B In and Out, an autopilot with a dedicated controller, autothrottle, HomeSafe Autoland, electronic stability protection, an angle of attack indicator, Doppler weather radar, a Stormscope, an Iridium datalink for satellite phone and worldwide weather, and a radar altimeter.
For safety and comfort, the turboprop includes flight into known icing certification equipped with pneumatic deicing boots on the tailplane leading edges and wings. It also has heated pitots, a heated stall-warning vane, left and right heated windscreens, a heated engine intake, seven fast-charge USB ports, and a stowable cabin table. The aircraft further incorporates an environmental control system built by Enviro Systems Inc. within its Prestige cabin.
This high-performance turboprop offers serious travelers an efficient tool for business or vacation trips. Its performance allows operators to utilize numerous airports inaccessible to commercial airliners, making remote locations much easier to access. The asking price for this aircraft is $5.1 million.
PlaneFile currently lists 32 Daher TBM aircraft and 470 Piper PA-28 aircraft for sale.
Sources: FLYING