Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.
Today’s Top Pick is a 1982 Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza.
Acquiring a Beechcraft Bonanza is the ultimate goal for many private pilots, largely because the aircraft is renowned for its well-balanced combination of speed, comfort, handling, and load-carrying capacity.
But what about those aircraft shoppers seeking the ultimate traveling machine among the Bonanza models? For many of them, only the B36TC will do.
Beechcraft produced this turbocharged, high-altitude version of its six-seat A36 Bonanza from 1982 to 2002 as a way to give pilots more flexibility when traveling long distances and trying to keep to schedules. Turbocharging allows the aircraft to maintain much of its sea-level performance at higher altitudes, but the company did not stop there.
Beechcraft also adapted the wing from its Baron 58 light twin to the A36 fuselage to develop the new model. The Baron wing is 54 inches longer than the standard A36 wing, and enhances the B36TC’s handling in the flight levels. In keeping with its overall long-range mission, the B36TC carries more usable fuel and has a higher maximum takeoff weight than other Bonanzas.
Some pilots go as far as saying the B36TC is what the Bonanza always should have been. While I am sure the many fans of V-tails, F33As, and other Bonanza variants will disagree heartily with that sweeping sentiment, it is fairly safe to say the B36 was the most comprehensively equipped version in its day—and still is the one to have if you are in a hurry to get somewhere.
This 1982 Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza has 3,554 hours on the airframe and 169 hours on its 300 hp Continental TSIO-520-UB engine since overhaul by Western Skyways in March 2021. The aircraft is equipped with a six-place intercom, six-place oxygen system, shoulder harnesses, LED landing and taxi lights, and fuel capacity of 102 usable gallons.
The IFR panel features a Garmin GMA 340 audio panel, GNS 530 WAAS and GNS 430 GPS/nav/coms, GTX 330ES transponder, Collins backup transponder, ADF, Bendix/King KFC 200 autopilot, yaw damper, electric turn coordinator, JPI 830 engine monitor, JPI 450 fuel flow indicator, and electronic tachometer.
Pilots looking for the all-round impressive performance for which Bonanzas are known, with the additional high-altitude capabilities that come with turbocharging and an extended wing, should consider this 1982 Beechcraft B36TC Bonanza, which is available for $359,000 on AircraftForSale.
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