SOLD - 1976
Cessna Skylane 182P - SOLD
N29CM is a rare plane in the market
today - a two owner spectacularly corrosion free plane that has always
been based at the Longmont, Colorado airport.
This plane was originally purchased by Cole Kugel, whose family founded
the Longmont Airport and eventually donated the airport to the city of
Longmont. Mr. Kugel is in the Guinness World Book as the world's
oldest qualified pilot at the time of his death.
This plane has always been hangared and it
shows.
The current owner of N29CM flies the same trip from Longmont to
Wyoming quite a bit, and even has a hangar on the other end so she
doesn't sleep outside. The glass is original and in excellent
condition. The
interior is original and is as good as could possibly be expected
from a plane of this age.
Open up a few inspection
plates in the wing and see bright shiny sheet metal (see pictures
below). No damage
history - ever. This is the kind of plane where you can easily
tell it has been babied. When you push the seat backs forward
they don't flop forward like most Cessnas in the fleet -
they are tight and feel near new. The yokes and control linkages
are
tight. Remove the cowling and it is stiff like the day it was
delivered. The plastic isn't dry and brittle like nearly all Cessnas of
this
vintage. The doors feel tight. The belly was photographed after
just 15 minutes of detailing - that is the way it is kept! The
paint was done in 2002 and looks like a one year old paint job, even
though this plane flies 120 to 150 hours a year.
The S-Tec 60-2 is as good an autopilot you will typically find in a
Skylane, and does heading bug, nav/localizer tracking, altitude hold
and glideslope intercept. The radios in the plane look as though
they have been used just several years, not the decades that they have
been there.
At overhaul time the original engine was replaced with a Continental
Factory Remanufactured engine. The compressions are good and
there is at most one-half quart added between the 25 hour oil
changes.
The logbooks are complete, there is no damage history, the
airframe is exceptionally straight with no hail damage, and this plane
is as good
as they get with regard to corrosion. As Cessnas of this vintage age,
corrosion
is becoming a bigger and bigger issue. This plane will never be a
corrosion problem if it stays inside in a tight, dry hangar.
The current owner is looking to go a little faster and a little higher.
Please don't hesitate to call us at (303) 503-8356 with further
questions regarding N29CM, insurance, finance options, upgrades or
transition training. This plane is based at the Longmont Vance Brand
Airport in the Denver area and can be viewed by appointment.
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