2019 Vans RV-7A For Sale $94,900 OBO

[CommAir]

2019 Van's RV-7A For Sale | Dynon SkyView | Garmin GTN 650 | O-320-E3D | Exceptional Value

Priced to Sell – $94,900



If you're looking for an affordable, well-equipped Van's RV-7A with excellent cross-country capability and modern avionics, this 2019 RV-7A presents a unique buying opportunity.



Built by Fred Harper, this RV-7A is equipped with a Lycoming O-320-E3D engine, a Dynon SkyView glass cockpit, Garmin GTN 650 GPS/NAV/COM, Garmin SL30 NAV/COM, Garmin GMA 340 audio panel, and Dynon autopilot. The RV-7A is one of the most respected experimental aircraft ever produced, known for its outstanding handling, excellent cruise performance, economical operating costs, and responsive flight characteristics.



Aircraft Information

• Year: 2019

• Van's RV-7A

• Builder: Fred Harper

• Estimated Airframe Time: 1,224.7 Hours

• Lycoming O-320-E3D

• Estimated 302 Hours Since Major Overhaul

• Dynon SkyView Glass Panel

• Garmin GTN 650 GPS/NAV/COM

• Garmin SL30 NAV/COM

• Garmin GMA 340 Audio Panel

• Dynon Two-Axis Autopilot

• Located in Spring, Texas



Important Disclosure

• The original airframe and engine logbooks are not available. The total airframe time and engine time since major overhaul are estimated from available maintenance documentation and other supporting records and are provided in good faith but cannot be guaranteed.

• The FAA Airworthiness Certificate is not currently with the aircraft.

• The next condition inspection is due.

Prospective buyers are strongly encouraged to conduct any inspections, title research, FAA record reviews, and due diligence they consider appropriate prior to purchase. Please contact us for complete details regarding the aircraft's history, available documentation, and the circumstances surrounding this offering.



This aircraft represents an excellent opportunity for an experienced experimental aircraft buyer seeking a well-equipped RV-7A at an attractive price. Buyers who understand the value of the installed avionics and are comfortable performing their own due diligence will appreciate the opportunity this aircraft presents.



Price: $94,900



Reasonable offers will be considered. Call Harper King @ Commonwealth Aircraft 804-417-7738

 

[rph142]

If my county tax assessor questions the self reported value of my -7 I’ll be sure to reference this ad. Screaming deal!

 

[tom paul]

what would it take to get an airworthiness cert? Does the FAA not have this on file to issue a replacement?
I can't imagine it would need a flight testing program and sign off again...Gorgeous plane, and incredible value!

 

[rvbuilder2002]

what would it take to get an airworthiness cert? Does the FAA not have this on file to issue a replacement?
I can't imagine it would need a flight testing program and sign off again...Gorgeous plane, and incredible value!

Some original builders do not want to sell their aircraft with a valid Certificate of Airworthiness (with their name on it as manufacturer) for liability reasons, so they surrender it to the FAA.
I do not know if that is the case in this instance, but since it appears the aircraft is being marketed by a broker, at a relatively low asking price, I think that is at least a possibility.
Any interested party's should do some in depth research as has been recommended by the broker/agent, because only one EAB certificate can be issued to an aircraft.
If the original was indeed surrendered, the only means of certifying this aircraft (legally, and without committing perjury) would be to apply for an experimental exhibition category airworthiness.

 

[Dugaru]

Prospective buyers are strongly encouraged to conduct any inspections, title research, FAA record reviews, and due diligence they consider appropriate prior to purchase.

Is it possible to obtain an airworthiness certificate for this aircraft other than experimental-exhibition?

 

[FasGlas]

The best way to research this is contact the FSDO the original cert was issued. They have all the paperwork from the first reg. I've done this once with a Glasair many years ago, it was a huge pain. Or start over with a phase 1, another huge pain.

 

[JonJay]

Experimental Exhibition doesn’t get much attention from the FAA, or hasn’t historically. I would think, given it’s an RV, a well known design, the Ops Limits could be “negotiated” to allow considerable freedoms, like no range limitations. Still, there will be limitations and requirements for operations that you would not have with a “normal” AW cert.
Also, with the “new”’ rules in regard to signing off EAB outside of the repairman’s certificate, you’ll be out of luck.
The seller has been honest and forthright in how this is being marketed. Still, buyer beware as Scott is pointing out.

 

[Majorpayne317641]

Some original builders do not want to sell their aircraft with a valid Certificate of Airworthiness (with their name on it as manufacturer) for liability reasons, so they surrender it to the FAA.
I do not know if that is the case in this instance, but since it appears the aircraft is being marketed by a broker, at a relatively low asking price, I think that is at least a possibility.
Any interested party's should do some in depth research as has been recommended by the broker/agent, because only one EAB certificate can be issued to an aircraft.
If the original was indeed surrendered, the only means of certifying this aircraft (legally, and without committing perjury) would be to apply for an experimental exhibition category airworthiness.

This is not true. We had this happen with a friend who tracked down the certificate from FAA HQ and was able to get it all along with a registration in his name when they got it all sorted out. All with an EAB Airworthiness based on the FAA records they had on file.

 

[BobTurner]

This is not true. We had this happen with a friend who tracked down the certificate from FAA HQ and was able to get it all along with a registration in his name when they got it all sorted out. All with an EAB Airworthiness based on the FAA records they had on file.

The devil is in the details. If the AW certificate is just missing, there’s hope. But if the previous owner properly surrendered the AW to the FAA and declared it to no longer airworthy, there is no way for a new owner to return it back to EAB status. This is exactly why some risk-adverse owners have done this. But, usually, these aircraft go to junk yards - not back on the market.

 

[rvbuilder2002]

This is not true. We had this happen with a friend who tracked down the certificate from FAA HQ and was able to get it all along with a registration in his name when they got it all sorted out. All with an EAB Airworthiness based on the FAA records they had on file.

If records of the original certification can be tracked down, I agree that it is possible to get a replacement.
My comment was in the context of the original builder, surrendering the certificate to the FAA. I think this usually requires a statement of the reason such as Aircraft parted out, destroyed, etc..

A sticky part of this is if the aircraft is sold with a transfer of registration using a bill of sale, but it is technically no longer an a flyable Aircraft that they are selling.

 

[rvbuilder2002]

Experimental Exhibition doesn’t get much attention from the FAA, or hasn’t historically. I would think, given it’s an RV, a well known design, the Ops Limits could be “negotiated” to allow considerable freedoms, like no range limitations. Still, there will be limitations and requirements for operations that you would not have with a “normal” AW cert.
Also, with the “new”’ rules in regard to signing off EAB outside of the repairman’s certificate, you’ll be out of luck.
The seller has been honest and forthright in how this is being marketed. Still, buyer beware as Scott is pointing out.

As has been mentioned recently, in the other operating limitations, discussions, operating limitations are not negotiable, other than the phase 1 flight test area that is specified and what phase one airports are authorized for use

Every other limitation is from a standardized template and a DAR or FAA ASI has no latitude in deleting any of the ones that are specified for that particular certificate.
A letter of deviation can be submitted by the applicant, but that has to flow upstream to numerous other channels to maybe get authorization.
I have personal experience with that one in a request. I submitted many years ago for a limitation that was overly burdensome on kit manufacturers operating under a market survey/crew training experimental airworthiness.
At the time, the limitations required us to do condition inspections every 90 days regardless of flight time
I submitted a deviation request letter, asking us to be allowed to inspect the airplane on the same interval as any other part 135 operation would, which would be annually or every 100 hours, which ever came first.
I never got a reply, but when the next release of the FAA order came out, the limitation was changed to what I had requested. I never heard whether my request had an influence on that or not, but I’ve always assumed that it may have.
Point being, I’m not sure that is issuing. A letter of deviation would have a very high level of likelihood to be approved.

Apologies to the OP of this thread.
We should probably take further conversations on this subject into a threat of its own.