This 2022 Daher TBM 960 Is a Scorchingly Fast ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
Originally published in FLYING
Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily.
Today’s Top Pick is a 2022 Daher TBM 960.
One thing many pilots have in common is the desire to seek continuous improvement. This may apply to our flying skills, ratings, endorsements, or airports where we are based.
It also applies to the aircraft we fly.
The TMB 960 comes with Garmin’s G3000 integrated flight deck. [Credit: Lone Mountain Aircraft]
No matter how much we love the Cessna 172 or Piper PA-28 trainer in which we earned our private pilot certificates, we almost always long for something with more speed, space, and useful load. After owning a basic piston single for a while, we tend to step up to complex, high-performance models.
The aircraft for sale today is waiting for you to decide that your speedy piston single or light twin is no longer fast enough.
Daher and its predecessor companies have been building and improving the TBM series of luxurious turboprop singles since the type’s introduction in 1994. As a result of steady, meticulous development, the TBM 960 is among the fastest, most technologically advanced single-engine civilian aircraft on the market.
No matter what your competitively minded friends are flying—short of a jet—you are almost guaranteed to be faster. My kids call this a “flex.”
On the purely practical side, this airplane is one of the best tools for serious travelers. Whether flying for business or vacation, the TBM provides pilots with the ability to operate from more airports than available to airliners, making out-of-the-way destinations easier to reach. Its performance also brings the goal of “beating the airlines” into the realm of possibility.
Or is that probability?
The TBM is known for its roomy, well-appointed, pressurized cabin. [Credit: Lone Mountain Aircraft]
This 2022 TBM 960 has 860 hours on the airframe and 860 hours since new on its Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6E-66XT engine, which has a 5,000-hour TBO. The aircraft’s Hartzell Raptor five-blade composite propeller is featherable and reversible, and has electric blade deicing.
The panel features the Garmin G3000 integrated avionics suite, which includes dual GDU 1250W 12-inch primary flight displays with Synthetic Vision, single GDU 1250W 12-inch multi-function display, dual GTC 585 touchscreen controllers, dual GIA 64E nav/coms, dual GRS 79 AHRS with GMU 44 magnetometers, dual GDC 72B digital air data computers, GMA 36B audio controller, GTX 345R transponder with ADS-B In and Out, GTX 335R with ADS-B Out, GFC 700 autopilot with GMC 711 controller, Garmin autothrottle, HomeSafe Autoland, electronic stability protection, angle of attack indicator, GWX 8000 StormOptix Doppler weather radar, WX500 Stormscope, GSR 56 Iridium datalink fo satellite phone and worldwide weather, and GRA 55 radar altimeter.
Additional equipment includes flight into known icing (FIKI) certification with pneumatic deicing boots on wings, and tailplane leading edges, heated pitots and stall-warning vane, left and right heated windscreens, heated engine intake, seven fast-charge USB ports, and stowable cabin table.
Pilots who want to step up from piston aircraft and experience some of the best characteristics turbine power has to offer, including speed, comfort, and efficiency, should consider this 2022 TBM 960, which is available for $5.1 million on AircraftForSale.
If you’re interested in financing, you can do so with FLYING Finance. Use our airplane loan calculator to calculate your estimated monthly payments. Or, to speak with an aviation finance specialist, visit flyingfinance.com.
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