Home > Find An Airplane > Inventory > Piper Dakota

Piper Dakota "DreamPlane"
Custom Modernization
to Your Specs w/Full Warranty

"Can we build one for you?"

Additional Photos:
(Note: All links load in new tab)
Panel | Interior | Interior

GENERAL DATA
(Approximate Specs)
  • DreamPlane Program Description: Under their great Plan-a-Plane program, our partners, Pristine Airplanes of New Philadelphia, OH, will search the market to find you the best airframe, buy it, modernize it in accordance with your desired specs, and re-sell it to you with a 1-year warranty in less than 120 days!
  • Year of Original Manufacture: 1979-82
  • Year of DreamPlane Remanufacture: 2008
  • Make/Model: Piper PA28-236 Dakota (fixed gear)
  • Airframe Total Time: Less than 4000 hrs. (2500-3500 hrs. typical)
  • Airframe Warranty: 1-year on all airframe components except skins, underwritten by Lloyds of London ($500-per occurrence deductible)
  • Engine: O-540-J3A5D (230 hp., carbureted)
  • Engine Time: Less than 500 hours SMOH
  • Engine Warranty: 1-year (with $1000 per-occurrence deductible)
  • Propeller: Hartzell 2-blade (Option: new 3-blade)
  • Prop Time: Less than 10 years/1200 hrs. SMOH
  • Propeller Warranty: 1-year (with $1000 per-occurrence deductible)

MAINTENANCE

  • Airworthiness Directives: All DreamPlanes have had all AD's complied with; a freshly-updated list is included in the aircraft's records
  • Discrepancies: All DreamPlanes are delivered without any known airworthiness discrepancies or issues
  • Systems: All DreamPlanes are delivered with all systems and components fully operational
  • Records: All DreamPlanes have complete and updated logbooks
  • Damage History: All DreamPlanes have no known damage history (we search FAA/NTSB online records, logbooks, 337 forms, and do a complete airframe damage inspection)
  • Corrosion: All DreamPlanes have undergone a complete corrosion inspection
  • Annual Inspection: All DreamPlanes are delivered with a fresh annual inspection
  • Pitot-Static/IFR Certification: All DreamPlanes are delivered with a fresh pitot-static inspection
    •

AVIONICS
(Note: Thanks to Southeast Aerospace for
providing product information on the avionics.)

Choose from 3 great avionics packages,
or build your own custom package:

Av Pack 1

  • Audio Panel: New Garmin GMA-340 with voice-activated intercom, marker beacon receiver, music input jack
  • GPS/Comm: New, IFR-approach-certified Garmin GNS-430W with WAAS, Terrain Warning System, new Garmin GI-106A course deviation indicator. Coupled to autopilot. (View advantages of WAAS receivers)
  • Nav/Comm: Honeywell Bendix/King KX-155 or better, with King KI-209, KI-204 or similar course deviation indicator. Guaranteed functional
  • Transponder: New Garmin GTX-327 with countdown timer, "instant 1200" button, pressure altitude readout
  • Autopilot: Existing autopilot coupled to Garmin GNS-430W. Flight-tested and guaranteed functional. (Some aircraft may be equipped with altitude hold. Alt. hold also available as optional add-on.)
  • Intercom: Garmin GMA-340 audio panel; headset jacks installed for all seats
  • Engine Monitor: Existing engine monitor, if installed
  • Warranty: 1-year, no-deductible on new components; 1-year with $500-per-occurance deductible on existing components

Av Pack 2
All the components of Av Pack 1, plus:

  • Audio Panel: New Garmin GMA-347 with auto squelch, digital clearance recorder, and full-duplex telephone interface; (exchanged for GMA-340 in Av Pack 1)

  • GPS/Comm: New, IFR-approach-certified, large-screen Garmin GNS-530W (exchanged for GNS-430W in Av Pack 1)

  • Nav/Comm: New Garmin SL-30 high-power VOR/GS/Comm transceiver with second Garmin GI-106A indicator (exchanged for existing KX-155 & KI-20x indicator in Av Pack 1)

  • Transponder: Garmin GTX-330 digital, high-power Mode-S with TIS traffic near major US cities displayed on GNS-530W; also suitable for EuroControl operations. 25% more output power than GTX-327 (exchanged for GTX-327 in Av Pack 1)

  • Autopilot: New S-Tec ST-901 GPS roll-steering module interfaced with existing autopilot

Av Pack 3
All the components of Av Packs 1 & 2, plus:

  • Primary Flight Display: Aspen Avionics EFD-1000 Pilot Pro electronic flight information system (EFIS), with flight director and HSI. Displays airspeed, groundspeed, altitude, minimums, altimeter setting, OAT, course, heading, vertical speed, glideslope and more.

  • Autopilot: S-Tec 55X. Includes altitude hold, heading hold, nav tracking, vertical speed select, control wheel steering, glideslope and localizer intercept and tracking, GPS roll steering, and more. Options: Altitude pre-select and alerter, manual or automatic electric trim; yaw damper. (Exchanged for existing autopilot in Av Pack 1 and S-Tec ST-901 GPSS in Av Pack 2)

  • GPS/Comm #2: Garmin GNS-430W. (Exchanged for Garmin SL-30 Nav/Comm in Av Pack 2).

  • Weather Downlink: Garmin GDL-69A, featuring XM satellite weather displaying on the Garmin GNS-530W, and XM Radio, routed through the GMA-347 audio panel. Service requires subscription.

  • Flat Metal Panel: Custom-designed to look like the panels in late-model aircraft

Panel Options
(Available with any Av Pack)

 AIRFRAME OPTIONS

  • Speed mod STC's by Lopresti, Knots2U and more

  • Wingtips with BoomBeam HID bulbs

  • Club seating (if aircraft not presently configured)

  • Any other STC option you desire! It's much easier and less expensive to add your favorite mods during the modernization process than later. Just enter your desired options into the form at Plan-a-Plane.com and we'll get you a quote

EXTERIOR

  • All New Paint: Featuring full strip, rebalanced control surfaces, new hardware, and a modern Piper scheme
  • Colors: Base color and upper fuselage: Matterhorn White. Lower fuselage in your choice of Seminole Red or Flight Blue, with Las Vegas Gold accent stripes and shaded N-numbers
  • Glass: All new tinted throughout
  • Warranty: 2-year warranty against defects in materials or craftsmanship
  • Options: Custom colors or scheme; professional paint scheme design by Scheme Designers. Just enter your desired options into the form at Plan-a-Plane.com and we'll get you a quote

INTERIOR

  • All New Interior: Featuring deluxe sculpted leather seating in a modern design
  • Colors: Choose from Baker Tan or Medium Gray high-grade leather, with matching side panels, seatbelts and plush, cut-pile carpeting. The model of the aircraft (i.e., “Saratoga,”) will be embroidered into the headrests or shoulder area
  • Features: Headliner re-dyed to match seats. All plastic trim pieces repaired or replaced and re-dyed to match seats (or covered in matching material). Instrument panel overlay replaced or re-dyed black or your choice of color. FAA burn certificates provided
  • Warranty: 2-year warranty against defects in materials or craftsmanship
  • Options: Custom colors or design; Oregon Aero visco-elastic foam seat cushions. Just enter your desired options into the form at Plan-a-Plane.com and we'll get you a quote

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Quality of Craftsmanship: All work is performed by aviation professionals who are specialists in their field and stand behind their work. References available upon request.

  • Experience: Over 100 airplanes have been refurbished with this program!

  • Delivery: Guaranteed within 180 days (typically, 90 days after locating airframe). Assistance with delivery to anywhere in the world

  • Trade-Ins: Simultaneous (wholesale) purchase of your present aircraft available, or let us broker it for you on the retail market while your new plane is being "modernized"

  • Insurance: Free assistance with arranging insurance; insurance checkout by ATP-rated CFII. Get a quote now!

  • Terms: Free, no-obligation, guaranteed price quote provided within 24 hours of receiving your exact specifications. 10% down payment, plus 100% of options cost, required to proceed; fully refunded if suitable airframe not located within 60 days or finished aircraft not delivered within 180 days. If order canceled before airframe located, down payment refunded less $1,500. Balance of purchase price due upon delivery of finished aircraft

  • Financing: Free assistance with arranging financing. Standard program: 10% down payment, Prime Rate + <1% interest, 20 year term on excellent credit & income; US customers only.

PRICE:
From $149,900 w/Av Pack 1

 Compute foreign exchange rate with XE.com

SkyMachines,
The Airplane Store®
"Buy, Sell, Trade, Trust."
Contact:
Marc C. Coan, CEO
Tel: 1-888-651-2257
Mobile:  1-575-741-1205
Fax: 1-866-896-5551
Email: Marc@SkyMachines.com
121 Aviation Dr. #4003, Santa Fe, NM 87507

© Marc C. Coan
"SkyMachines The Airplane Store" is a registered service mark and 
"Buy, Sell, Trade, Trust" is a protected trademark. All Rights Reserved.