1940 Socata TB20
Single Engine Piston
Aircraft Details
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Scrapping a perfectly good TB20 (G-BPTI) due wing spar corrosion which keeps getting worse each time I pay for a repair scheme. Airframe good nick apart from spar, interior good condition, avionics removed apart from autopilot. Engine 350ish hours since overhaul in 2018, prop same. £35000 for the lot, £5k just for the airframe. This site requires javascript to function. Please activate JavaScript in your browser.
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| Source | Price | Location | Listed | Days on Market | Status | Action |
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Afors
afors.uk
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$46,742 *
£35,000
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South East, United Kingdom | Jul 02, 2026 | 1 days | Active |
* Converted to USD at daily European Central Bank (ECB) exchange rates
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About This Socata TB20
This 1940 Socata TB20 (G-BPTI) is a single engine piston . This aircraft is listed at the market average at $46,742.
NTSB records show 0 incidents for this airframe — a clean safety record. Mechanics have filed 10 service difficulty reports for this type — common maintenance items to discuss during pre-buy.
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Ownership & Registration
FAA registry covers US-registered aircraft (N-numbers).
This aircraft (G-BPTI) is registered outside the US.
Location & Ownership
Title Status
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Safety Record
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Service Difficulty Reports — Socata TB20
SDRs are reports filed by mechanics about problems found during maintenance. 10 recent reports for this aircraft type.
AIRCRAFT HAD AN INCIDENT IN WHICH THE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND NORMALLY. ATTEMPTED MULTIPLE EMERGENCY EXTENDS COULDN'T GET THE NOSE GEAR TO LOCK. RESULTED IN A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE ON LANDING. UPON INSPECTION IN THE SHOP WAS FOUND THAT ONE NLG COMP ACTUAT...
AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GET THE GEAR TO EXTEND NORMALLY BUT WOULD RETRACT FINE. PERFORMED EMERGENCY EXTENSION FOR LANDING IN WHCH NLG FAILED UPON LANCH DOWN. UPON INSPECTION IN THE SHOP IT WAS FOUND THE POURER WIRE TO THE HYDRALIC POWER PACK FOR DOWN BECA...
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE LANDING GEAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY NOT EXTEND, BUT THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR & PUMP CONTINUED RUNNING. EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSIONS ALWAYS WORKED, AND GEAR RETRACTION ALWAYS WORKED. AFTER CONSIDERABLE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED ...
NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR LEAKED CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR HYD MOTOR TO FAIL.
TURNING THE KOLLSMAN WINDOW KNOB DOES NOT MOVE THE ALTIMETER DIAL.
DURING THE COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO A FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING ACFT, AUSTRALIAN REGISTRATION, THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT SAFETY BUREAU (ATSB) BECAME AWARE THAT THE ENGINE CONTAINED PARTS THAT WERE NOT APPROVED TO BE FITTED TO THE ENGINE TYPE. TH...
NOSE GEAR DOWN INDICATOR SWITCH REMAINED STUCK CLOSED AFTER RETRACTION OF GEAR. WHEN GEAR WAS EXTENDED, HYD PRESSURE TO NOSE GEAR STOPPED WHEN MAIN GEAR DOWN LIMIT SWITCHES CLOSED SHUTTING OFF GEAR MOTOR PRIOR TO NOSE GEAR LOCKING. ACFT LANDED WIT...
DURING RUN UP OF A NEWLY FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE, THE PROPELLER DID NOT CYCLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PLUG, BEHIND THE OIL SUPPLY TUBE HAD COME LOOSE AND WAS ALLOWING PRESSURIZED OIL FROM THE GOVERNOR TO FLOW BACK THROUGH THE CRANKSHAFT AND NOT AC...
(CAN) FLAP CIRCUIT BREAKER POP OUT, DURING TESTING FLAP OPERATION ON THE GROUND. DEFECT FOUND WAS BURNED CONTACT IN FLAP RELAY LOCATED UNDER ACFT BELLY RT SIDE.
FIELD WIRE TERMINAL END BROKEN AT ALTERNATOR TERMINAL LUG CAUSED FAILURE OF ALTERNATOR TO CHARGE BATTERY. (K)
Source: FAA Service Difficulty Reporting System. Shows maintenance issues reported by mechanics for this aircraft type.
