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PA-12 — Piper Aircraft PA-12

Piper Aircraft PA-12
PA12
Photo via Wikipedia: Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser
Year
Owner
Piper Aircraft
Last seen
MTOW
800 kg
Range
310 nm
Seats
2
PA-12hover
Piper Aircraft · PA-12
Model overview

Fleet & certification

Built
1,620
Active
1,395
Origin
US
Marketplace

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Variants

Per-variant specifications

VariantEngineMTOWRangeCruisePax
PA12
PA12
800 kg310 nm90 kt2
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Safety & ops history

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Piper Aircraft PA-12market & fleet intelligence

Registry, flight-tracking and market data on the Piper Aircraft PA-12 fleet — updated daily.

Fleet age

79 yearsmedian age

Of the 1,183 registered Piper Aircraft PA-12 with a known build year (73% of the 1,620 we track), the median age is 79 years.

Registration activity

55changed registration in 12 months

55 of the 1,620 registered Piper Aircraft PA-12 we track changed registration in the last 12 months (3% of the fleet), across 55 registration events. Registration changes include ownership transfers, re-registrations and address updates — not all are sales.

Fleet activity — last 90 days
Aircraft seen flying
20
Tracked flights
145
Tracked flight hours
273
Share of fleet flying
1%

20 Piper Aircraft PA-12 were tracked flying in the last 90 days (1% of the registered fleet), across 145 flights. Sprinkle flight tracking began May 2026; coverage is ADS-B-derived and not exhaustive.

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Piper Aircraft PA-12 manuals & documents

10 documents for the Piper Aircraft PA-12 Service Bulletins · Checklist · Flight Manual · Maintenance Manual · Systems Description · Specifications · Other Documents. PDFs served from cdn.sprinkle.com.

Overview
PS-POH-1-1-01 · 2022

This document is a checklist for the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser, detailing essential procedures and performance data for pilots. It includes information on aircraft dimensions, engine specifications, weight limitations, and operational speeds. The checklist is designed to assist pilots in ensuring safe and efficient operation of the aircraft during various phases of flight, including preflight checks, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, and landing. It serves as a quick reference guide to critical operational parameters and safety considerations.

  • Wingspan: 28.90 ft (8.81 m)
  • Max Takeoff Weight: 1,320 lb (600 kg)
  • Max Power: 98.6 hp (73.5 kW) at 5800 RPM
  • Best Rate of Climb Speed (Vy): 62 knots (71 mph)
  • Takeoff Distance on Concrete: 463 ft

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