1959 PIPER Super Cub SOLD

No longer listed as of May 2026. The price below is the last asking price — the final sale price is not disclosed.

1959 PIPER Super Cub (sold)
SOLD · last asking $149,000 · May 2026
Last asking price
$149,000
Year
1959
Make
Piper
Model
Super Cub
Total Time
2,205 hr
Location
Navasota, TX
Seller
Steve Discher
Source
trade-a-plane.com
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Market price band

Piper Super Cub typical: $39,000 – $400,000 across 49 active listings

Description

Ready to try out back country aviation but don't want to spend $350k+ on a Carbon Cub? This little Cub is ready for adventure with all the right things. Keep her light and she will go almost anywhere the big Cubs go and more. This low time airplane has all the mods you want for backcountry adventures without the big price. Literally there is nothing to be repaired or modified. It is a simple and easy to fly aircraft and it flies straight and level. I have gone to great eWort to get this airplane as light as possible without sacrificing having a starter and basic avionics. I also own a 180+ HP Carbon Cub EX3 and I can tell you this light little Cub (no flaps) will land on any sand bar the big Cubs can land on. You can't carry as much payload as the big Cubs but with one person and a light payload, it will play along side the big guys and do it for less than 6 gallons per hour, and 1/3 the price. If you aren't sure if back country and tailwheel is for you, this Cub will let you dip your toe and have a ton of fun in the process. Very easy to fly. Logbooks are complete from when the aircraft was completely rebuilt and recovered in 2005 to the present. Logbooks begin in 1986, but prior logs were destroyed (in a nasty divorce I was told). Continental C90 engine.

About the Piper Super Cub

The Piper Super Cub (PA-18) is the legendary backcountry taildragger and the benchmark by which every STOL bush plane is judged. A two-seat tandem descendant of the J-3 Cub with more power, flaps and a beefed-up airframe, the PA-18 lands short, climbs hard off rough strips and shrugs off floats, skis and tundra tires. Built from 1949 into the 1990s and widely flown in military form as the L-18/L-21, the Super Cub stays in fierce demand among bush, glider-tow and backcountry pilots.