AOPA Pilot Magazine - June 2015 - 30
PILOT BRIEFING
BUDGET BUY
|
VREF VALUE
Vref, the AOPA partner
offering aircraft value
estimates, suggests a base
price for the Beechcraft 23
Musketeer of $20,000 for
the 1963 model to $42,000
for the 1983 Beechcraft 23
Sundowner model.
RECENT ADVERTISED PRICES
Listed in Trade-A-Plane at
the time this was written
were 12 Musketeer series
aircraft ranging from
$21,000 for a 1969 model
to $38,000 for a much-coveted, 200-horsepower 1967
Custom model. Most were
priced in the mid- to high
20s to low 30s.
INSURANCE COSTS
AOPA Insurance Services
estimates an average-cost
Musketeer 23 airframe flown
by a low-time pilot will cost
$700 to $900 per year to
insure. www.aopainsurance.
org
HOW MANY IN THE FLEET?
AIRPAC PlaneBase shows a
registered fleet of 839 Musketeer 23 series aircraft.
FINANCING
Cadillac with wings
AOPA Finance estimates
$219 per month on a 6.25percent, 10-year loan with
as little as 15 percent down.
www.aopafinance.com
Beechcraft 23 Musketeer
B Y A LTO N K . M A R S H
THERE WERE 2,300 Beechcraft Musketeers built in a variety of roomy models. They were
considered the Cadillac of the light four-seater world. The original Model 23 came with a
160-horsepower engine, followed years later by a 180-horsepower model in 1968. There's
even a 200-horsepower model.
Beech Aero Club President Rap McBurney says he gets 110 knots cruise but has 60 gallons
of fuel. It's slow but goes a long way. Stability and comfort are pluses. It costs no more to
own and operate than any 180-horsepower single-engine aircraft, although no specific
costs were available. "It costs no more to operate than a [Cessna] 172," McBurney said.
The 1963 model had a Lycoming O-320 engine. The next year it was replaced with the
Continental IO-360, with 165 horsepower. From 1964 to 1967 the Beechcraft 23 continued with the 165-horsepower engine. There was general dissatisfaction with the engine,
given that the aircraft is slow even with a 180-horsepower engine. That led to the larger
engine in 1968 known as the B23 Musketeer Custom.
In 1970 the C23 emerged, also as the Musketeer Custom.
In 1972 the name changed to Sundowner. When properly
WHO TO CONTACT
Contact Beech Aero Club;
equipped the B23 and C23 can perform aerobatics, although
855-933-5923; www.
it should be pointed out these are now older aircraft.
30 | AOPA PILOT June 2015
No biggies. Recurring AD
calls for wing bolt attachment inspections.
BIGGEST PLUS
Big on the inside-
outside, too.
THE REAL WORLD
EMAIL alton.marsh@aopa.org
AIRWORTHINESS
DIRECTIVES
beechaeroclub.org;
bacadmin@beechaeroclub.
org.
BIGGEST MINUS
Low cruise speed
because it's big.
THINGS TO WATCH OUT FOR
Black ductwork in 1968 and
later models caused
corrosion.
WHAT ELSE TO CONSIDER
Beechcraft Custom, Sundowner, or 200-horsepower
Model 23-24 Musketeer
Super III
http://www.aopainsurance.org
http://www.aopafinance.com
http://www.beechaeroclub.org
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