Year 1977

Make LAKE (Consolidated Aeronautics)

Model LA-4-200 Turbo Normalized Buccaneer (Factory Built Turbo Buccaneer)

Registration C-FBWZ

Serial 877

Annual Inspection June 06, 2025

Airframe 1867 TTSN

• No Known Damage History
• Factory Batwings
• Bradway Boosters (Hull Strakes)
• Hoerner Wingtips (Causley Kit)
• Wing Root Fairings (Causley Kit)
• Sponson Fairings (Causley Kit)
• Dorsal Fin Fairings (Causley Kit)
• Main Gear Doors (Causley Kit)
• Canopy Stay Springs with Coil Wrap
• Electric Rudder Trim
• FALLS Filtration fuel filter STC
• Shoulder Harness Inertia Reels, Front Seats
• Split Rear Seats
• Dual Rear Seatbelts
• NEW Main Gear Tubes
• NEW Main Gear Tires
• NEW Nose Gear Tube
• NEW Nose Gear Tire
• NEW Sponson Flex Fuel Transfer Lines
• NEW Sponson Fuel Tank Supports with Rubber Cushion Shoes
• Bilge Pumps

FUEL Long Range Fuel (54 US Gallons. 40 USG Main Tank + 2 X 7 USG Sponson Tanks).

PAINT Factory Original Paint. Has been stored outside for much of its life. Paint condition is Fair throughout. Presently hangared.

ENGINE

• Lycoming IO-360 A-1B
• 1867 TTSN
• Compressions 75, 75, 75, 74 at June 6, 2025
• Engine is tight and dry, no oil leaks.
• NEW Hoses
• NEW All 8 X Spark Plugs

Turbo 50 SMOH by Main Turbo Systems Inc.

Wastegate 45 SMOH by Acorn Welding (Hartzell Aerospace)

Exhaust System 25 SMOH by Acorn Welding (Hartzell Aerospace)

Propeller Hartzell Wide Chord, 17 SMOH in 2024, (No Hub AD Inspection required) Best performing Lake prop!

Avionics

• NARCO 810 Comm
• Spare NARCO 810 Comm included.
• Pilot PTT Switch
• Horizon Instruments Digital Engine Tach
• Garmin GTX 320 Transponder, Mode C, with current check
• PMA 4000 4 Place Intercom
• Garmin Aera 660 GPS in Air Gizmos Panel Dock with External Antenna
• ACK-04 406 Mhz ELT

Included

• Canopy Cover
• Paddles
• Lines
• 3 x Mustang PFD’s

History of C-FBWZ

Turbo Buccaneers, either those factory built or later modified in the field, have always been rare and highly desired in the Lake World for their superior performance, especially “hot and high”.  They use a very dependable and very durable RAYJAY turbo and wastegate system that requires little in the way of maintenance if used on a regular basis and the wastegate is kept lubricated with a small amount of trusty Mouse Milk. (A secret that has been used by shops for many decades.)  The power of the turbo is very impressive in maintaining boost even off of high lakes or in the mountains.  Its simple operation makes it easy and safe to use with proper training. Like all Turbo’s, the key to longevity is frequent use, using an appropriate amount of boost and ALWAYS  allowing three minutes for cool down before shut-down.  The latter is critical to preventing the oil in the turbo galleries from coking into a solid, crusty mass that plugs the oil transfer ports and starves the turbo bearings of lubrication. (Akin to a heart attack!)  Three minutes of cool-down every time, plus the use of clean, fresh oil, prevents all of these problems and defines Best Practices for turbo operation,

BWZ was Imported about 25 years ago from an estate sale and has been owned by one pilot ever since. The original US Logbooks were lost and the widow of the previous owner was unable to find them.  As we all know, this is an all-too-common problem and a good argument for always keeping the logbooks physically with the aircraft or with a trusted mechanic known to the family.  The good news is that the present Owner has all 25 years worth of Canadian Logbooks and has been a regular Parts customer of Lake Central, though the aircraft has spent the majority of its life based out of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories.  It is presently hangared at Villeneuve Airport (CZVL) northwest of Edmonton.

C-FBWZ has had extensive regular maintenance by knowledgeable AME’s who actually own and fly their own LAKE Aircraft.  Our Parts sales logs show plenty of new parts installed on a regular basis, which is a good way to track both the quality and quantity of field maintenance that an individual aircraft has been receiving.  The Aircraft Owner is a meticulous, older fellow who has enjoyed some fantastic fishing in a beautiful but harsh landscape.  He knows the critical importance of keeping this aircraft in tip-top condition, and has never been one to allow a “snag list” to accumulate. If it needed anything, it got it without delay or equivocation. These are always the best Owners and the best aircraft.

This great Turbo Buc is not an avionics queen, she is simply equipped to go fishing in the back country on a regular basis.  Everything in the panel works and is reliable.  That’s what counts when you have hundreds of miles of rocks, trees and water in all directions…and no other people.

The time has come for BWZ to become part of the new adventures of a new Owner and Lake Steward.

If you are seriously interested in purchasing C-FBWZ, please give us a call to begin living the Lake Lifestyle.