Hello All,

Selling my 1973 Cessna 180J Amphib with 3615 hours TT: N112GC

*Aerocet 3400 amphibs w/ 215 hours TT (stored in heated hangar along with the airplane)
*Aerocet gear selector w/ alt- based audible gear warning: e.g. “Gear is up for water landing”
*Factory float kit
*On wheel gear with nearly new 8.5’s for the winter. Gear stripped/magna-fluxed/painted 2020
*55 SMOH (6/20/2022 OH) on ported and polished O-520 via NorthPoint Aviation (PPonk)
*SureFly electronic ignition
*55 hours since brand new 3-blade Hartzell Voyager Scimitar propeller (8/20/2022)
*Tanis Heater (new style- 2022)
*PPonk gearbox
*Horton STOL
*Big tail via Kenmore gross weight kit STC (3,190 pounds, wheels & floats)
*Empty wt landplane: 1,913. Useful Ld: 1,277. Empty wt amphib: 2,436. Useful Ld: 754.
*Recent tail AD complied with, and much of the tail was rebuilt
*JPI 930 big-screen engine monitor
*CIES Fuel quantity senders
*79 gallons fuel (74 usable)
*10” tailwheel
*Dual Garmin Gi-275’s w/synthetic vision
*GNX 375 Navigator/ADS-B in/out Transponder
*GNC 250 Nav/Com and Narco #2 Com
*PS Engineering 8000G with bluetooth
*Garmin GDL52 Sirius XM WX receiver
*Dual USB-C ports on copilot’s side, 1 USB-C and 1USB-A on the left panel
*Heated pitot
*IFR current
*Vacuum system removed
*New Hooker inertial reel shoulder harnesses in the front seats (black)
*Atlee Dodge folding jumpseats (no upholstery yet)
*Extended baggage
*Rosen visors
*Door Stewards
*GPU receptacle aft fuselage, HD cables with jumper clamps- been handy to have
*New fuel bladders summer 2023
*Whelen Prometheus Plus LED taxi/ldg lights
*Wing and tail strobes
*Has been on unknown skis in the past but no hardware
*Empennage is freshly painted w/Cessna white- rest of there airplane is original paint
*Sheepskin seat covers. Vinyl flooring removed- left the floor bare for easy insp/mods/cleaning
*Battery in aft baggage w/ Anderson connector for battery maintainer (I use a Schauer charger)
*September Annual

Flies great and the performance with the PPonk is phenomenal. Plenty of grunt off the water or land, and the STOL lets you get nice and slow into short fields and waters. The new Scimitar is smoother and much quieter than the old Mac 2-blade 88” and the power is outstanding. Easiest taildragger I have ever flown- tracks straight and true. I live on a grass strip, and mostly frequent grass and snow-covered strips, so all the tires are excellent. As for damage history, like some of us of a certain age this airplane had a wild time in the 1970’s, with four events, the first of which was the Cessna pilot trying to deliver the aircraft.
Complete logbooks. Based in Minnesota for most of it’s life, though I believe it had a brief spell in Idaho. Flies regularly, times will change. It’s been a blast, but a distant new grandson has me hunting for a cross-country twin that can fly over really big rocks. Thanks for looking.
$349K

That is a gorgeous plane and a clean panel!

Why is it sitting on the grass wheels retracted?

Mike C.

Good Morning. When we get a big weed bloom at the seaplane base, we avoid taxiing into and out of the water, to avoid picking up a crap-ton of weeds on takeoff, or having to clean off those weeds taxiing up the bank. Occasionally adding to the problem is when the lake is low the wheels touch first on the mucky bottom as opposed to solid bottom closer to shore- can get stuck. At these times we use the picker, just like with straight-floats.

-Steve

Recognizing the seaplane base the picture is taken at (Surfside, Lino Lakes, MN), I can answer your question.

Most of the planes based there are on straight floats, they have a "picker" machine that puts them in and out of the water. The ramp there is not the greatest for taxiing out on amphibs, plus the plane is lower for tying down / storage.

You can see the yellow "picker" in the distance in this picture.

Hello Steve!

Thanks,

Steve

Not to clog the thread with an off topic request(hey, it keeps it bumped to the top!), but, I want to see the picker in operation!

Neat airplane, good luck!!

the funniest one of those I've seen was made from the front half of a chevy citation

I'll be dang, I found a YT video of it! (and a cameo of the FS aircraft!)

Man that's too cool.

I was thinking "oof, surely they aren't going to lift that thing from the center of those cross braces, they need to be way more outboard" and then poof it extends!

I may have some video at home!

Edit: You beat me! (Cheri is one of the nicest people you will ever meet)

Very nice example

You should also post it on backcountrypilot

Thanks for that- good idea. I've been trying but had trouble with the photo uploader there- finally used a different device and got it to work.

-Steve

p.s. Hey Steve, I agree Cheri is a gem. Her Surfside Honey and apple jam are wonderful. I love the Surfside community!

That plane is phenomenal. The list of major big ticket items is impressive to say the least (engine, prop, avionics, amphibs). Super nice job.

Steve, you have the cleanest floats I have ever seen. You must wash & wax after every use!