I’m pleased to offer this 1965 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee Open to offers Delivery Available for a fee - Annual Completed July 2025 - Complete & Consecutive Logs - Hangared Completely stripped and restored in July 2025 by Kilo Mike Aviation

Manufacturer year

2008

Serial Number

28-2315

Registration Number

N8188W

Make/Model

PA-28-180

Useful Load

1,078 lbs

Airframe

- AFTT 3,583.4

Engine Details (e.g. Total Engine Time; Suggested TBO; Hours Remaining)

- Lycoming O-360 (180 HP) - ~198 Hours SMOH - TBO 2,000 Hours - Overhaul completed July 2025 by Cattleman Aviation

Avionics

- Dual Garmin G5 - Stratus ESG ADS-B in​/​out Transponder - Garmin GNS 530 (non-WAAS) - Garmin GTR 225 radio - PS Engineering PMA6000B audio panel

Aircraft Model Overview (Reference only)

The Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee is a four-seat, single-engine fixed-gear aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft Corporation in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, from 1963 through 1973, when it was succeeded by the Cherokee Archer. The 180 designation reflects the engine's horsepower rating and positioned the type above the Cherokee 140 and 160 in Piper's PA-28 lineup as a more capable cross-country and IFR-oriented platform. The 1965 model year sits in the early production run, sharing the original "Hershey bar" constant-chord wing and the broader-cabin PA-28 fuselage that Piper refined over the preceding two years of production experience. More pilots have trained and earned certificates in the PA-28 family than in any other low-wing aircraft series in American aviation history. Power is supplied by a Lycoming O-360-A3A carbureted four-cylinder engine producing 180 horsepower at 2,700 RPM, driving a two-blade Sensenich fixed-pitch propeller. The O-360 is among the most comprehensively supported piston aircraft engines in general aviation — parts availability, shop familiarity, and overhaul options are essentially universal across the continental United States — and its 2,000-hour TBO is consistent with ownership economics that favor predictable major maintenance intervals. Fuel burn at cruise is typically 9.0 to 10.0 USG per hour, returning a practical cruise range that makes the PA-28-180 a genuine cross-country VFR and IFR platform rather than merely a local trainer. The PA-28-180 airframe employs the same constant-chord "Hershey bar" wing as the rest of the early Cherokee family — a planform chosen by Piper's engineering team for its manufacturing simplicity, predictable stall behavior, and structural efficiency within the PA-28's weight and speed envelope. While aerodynamically less efficient than the tapered wing introduced on the later Archer, the Hershey bar wing's gentle stall characteristics — a straight-ahead mush with minimal roll tendency — are widely credited as a meaningful safety attribute of the early Cherokee series. The all-metal, low-wing fuselage is robust and corrosion-resistant when maintained, and structural fatigue issues on well-maintained airframes are uncommon even at high total times. The four-seat cabin is one of the PA-28-180's most competitive characteristics: wider and more comfortable than the Cessna 172 of the same era, with generous headroom, practical legroom in both rows, and a dual-door entry arrangement that simplifies boarding for all occupants. The instrument panel of a 1965 Cherokee 180 is a six-pack analog layout — standard for the period — and most surviving examples have received partial or comprehensive avionics updates over their operational lives, with GPS navigation, ADS-B Out transponders, and updated communication radios now common across the fleet. The cabin's wide cross-section supports both dual-instruction and comfortable four-place cross-country use. In the current used aircraft market, the PA-28-180 occupies a favorable position for buyers seeking a capable, affordable, and mechanically straightforward IFR-capable fixed-gear single. Acquisition costs are modest, and the type's operating economics — anchored by the O-360's low overhaul cost and the fixed-pitch propeller's absence of governor and blade maintenance — make it one of the least expensive four-seat singles to operate on an annual basis. The Piper Owner Society provides active type support, and A&P experience with the PA-28 family is effectively universal at any certified maintenance facility in the United States. The 1965 Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee is an honest, capable, and durable aircraft that has earned its place as one of the foundational types in American general aviation. For buyers seeking a first aircraft, an affordable cross-country IFR platform, or a flight school primary trainer with proven lineage and minimal mechanical complexity, the Cherokee 180 delivers exactly what its straightforward design promises — reliably, economically, and with the broad support network that comes from sixty years of continuous fleet operation. Corrosion inspection, logbook continuity, and avionics currency are the primary evaluation priorities on any 1965 airframe.

Additional Notes

IFR capable and current Pitot​/​Static and Transponder checks performed July 2025