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Piper 42

4 for sale, 3 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.

What does a Piper 42 ask?

Not published

4 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.

How far does a Piper 42 fly?

Across its 4 catalog variants, book ranges run 1,670–1,890 nm; the PA-42-1000 flies furthest, about 5 h 54 min at 320 kt.

Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.

What does a Piper 42 cost to keep?

It depends on how you fly it and where you keep it, so Sprinkle doesn’t give one figure. Work it out on your own numbers.

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Asking price by year built

Each dot is one aircraft's asking price; the line is each year's median, the band its low–high. 1985–1987: 1 for sale, 1 priced.

1985–1987$500k$600k$700k$800k$900k$1M19811983198519871984: $995,0001981: $549,0001986: $999,000
The figures by year
YearFor salePricedMedian askLow–high
198111—$549,000–$549,000
198421—$995,000–$995,000
198611—$999,000–$999,000

Medians from 5 priced aircraft up. Asks outside 0.6–1.6× their year's median are left out.

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Range by variant

Book ranges from the catalog: still air, full fuel, no reserves, at the confidence shown. Plan with your own numbers.

  • PA-42-1000
    1,890 nm · 320 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-42
    1,670 nm · 250 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-42-720
    1,670 nm · 250 kt cruise · medium confidence
  • PA-42-720R
    1,670 nm · 250 kt cruise · high confidence

The Piper 42 in brief

4 Piper 42 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1981–1986.

How the Piper 42 performs

By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 320 knots.

The longest book range across its variants is 1,890 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.

It seats up to 11 passengers.

Buying a Piper 42

Too few US-dollar asking prices to give a range yet.

Before an offer, check

  • A pre-buy inspection by a mechanic who knows the type, chosen by you, not the seller.
  • Complete logbooks for the airframe, engines and propellers, with any gaps explained.
  • Damage history and any repairs, against the logbooks and the registry record.
  • Engine time against the overhaul interval, and the shop that did the last overhaul.
  • Airworthiness directives and service bulletins: which apply, and how each was closed.

Figures from the listings Sprinkle reads, read Nov 12, 2026. A market read from asking prices, not an appraisal.

About the Piper 42

Manufacturer
Piper, United States
Category
Turboprop airplane
Variants in the catalog
4: PA-42, PA-42-1000, PA-42-720, PA-42-720R
Passengers, at most
11
1,890 nm
Cruise speed, fastest
320 kt
41,000 ft
5,400 kg (11,905 lb)
FAA

From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.

The Piper 42 fleet

Registered fleet
127
Median age
42 years
Registration changes, past 12 months
2
Most built in the
1980s

From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.

Piper 42 type certificates

PA-42 FAA A23SO
approved Dec 18, 1979 · FAR Part 23, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 23-16, effective February 14, 1975, and subsequent amendments as listed · MTOW 5,080 kg · 10 passengers · 2 United Aircraft of Canada, Ltd. or Pratt & Whitney PT6A-41 (turboprop) · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-42-720 FAA A23SO
approved Mar 24, 1983 · FAR Part 23, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 23-16, effective February 14, 1975, and subsequent amendments as listed · MTOW 5,080 kg · 10 passengers · 2 United Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., or Pratt & Whitney PT6A-61 (turboprop) · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-42-1000 FAA A23SO
approved Jul 13, 1984 · FAR Part 23, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 23-16, effective February 14, 1975, and subsequent amendments as listed · MTOW 5,460 kg · 10 passengers · 1 Garrett Turbine Engine Company TPE-331-14A and 1 Garrett Turbine Engine Company TPE-331-14B · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)
PA-42-720R FAA A32SO
approved Mar 31, 1986 · FAR Part 23, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 23-16, effective February 14, 1975, with specified deletions and additions; FAR Part 25, effective February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 25-36, effective October 31, 1974; SFAR 23, Paragraph 55; SFAR 27-1; FAR Part 36 including Amendments 1 through 6; FAA Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office letter of March 28, 1986. · MTOW 6,100 kg · 5 passengers · 2 United Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., or Pratt & Whitney, PT6A-61 (turboprop) · Type certificate data sheet (opens in a new tab)

From the regulators' type-certificate data sheets. Figures shown only where the reading is high-confidence.

Piper 42 manuals and documents

The 16 most useful of 31 documents in Sprinkle’s library for this model. PDFs open from Sprinkle’s own files.

What one would cost to fly

Put in your own figures; the totals update as you type.

Flying
Overhaul cost over hours to overhaul
Fixed
Databases, subscriptions, cleaning
Buying
A year at these figures
$180,000
A month
$15,000
A flight hour, all in
$900
Flying (fuel and reserve)
$112,000
Fixed
$68,000
Loan
$0

Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a turboprop: an assumption, not Sprinkle's data. Replace them with your own.

Not a quote: Sprinkle doesn't hold insurance, hangar or maintenance costs. Asking prices, not sales.

From the listings Sprinkle reads for this model. Read Nov 12, 2026.