Piper PA-17
1 for sale, 0 with a US-dollar asking price. Asking prices, not sales.
What does a Piper PA-17 ask?
Not published
1 for sale now. Asking prices, not sales.
How far does a Piper PA-17 fly?
The PA-17’s book range is 220 nm, about 2 h 54 min at 76 kt.
Still air, no reserves; catalog confidence medium.
What does a Piper PA-17 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.
Go to the cost calculator →Too few US-dollar asking prices to chart this model by year.
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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-17220 nm · 76 kt cruise · medium confidence
The Piper PA-17 in brief
1 Piper PA-17 listings are for sale across the sites Sprinkle reads as of Nov 12, 2026, built 1948.
How the Piper PA-17 performs
By the catalog, the fastest variant cruises at 76 knots.
The longest book range across its variants is 220 nautical miles: still air, no reserves.
It seats up to 2 passengers.
Buying a Piper PA-17
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 PA-17
- Manufacturer
- Piper, United States
- Category
- Piston airplane
- Variants in the catalog
- 1: PA-17
- Passengers, at most
- 2
- The farthest the maker says the aircraft can fly on full fuel, in still air with standard reserves. Real trips with passengers and wind come up shorter.
- 220 nm
- Cruise speed, fastest
- 76 kt
- The highest altitude at which the aircraft can still climb at 100 feet per minute. Most trips cruise well below it.
- 12,500 ft
- The heaviest the aircraft is certified to weigh at takeoff, with people, bags and fuel on board.
- 500 kg (1,102 lb)
- The aviation authority’s approval of an aircraft design, such as the FAA’s or EASA’s. Each model flies under one.
- FAA
From Sprinkle's aircraft catalog. Figures are the highest across the model's variants.
The Piper PA-17 fleet
- Registered fleet
- 127
- Median age
- 78 years
- Registration changes, past 12 months
- 7
- Most built in the
- 1940s
From the national aircraft registers Sprinkle reads. Read Nov 12, 2026.
Piper PA-17 type certificates
- PA-17 FAA A-805
- approved Aug 26, 1948 · Type Certificate No. 805 (CAR 3) · MTOW 522 kg · 1 passengers · Continental A-65-8 or -8F, 65 hp, 2300 r.p.m. · 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 PA-17 manuals and documents
- The AIR-BRITAIN Civil Aviation Historical Quarterly (PDF, opens in a new tab)Weight and balance · 1993 · 112 pages
- Piper PA-17 Vagabond Systems Description (PDF, opens in a new tab)Systems · 1990 · 6 pages
- Piper PA-17 Vagabond Trainer Model Guide (PDF, opens in a new tab)Model guide · 2026
- Training Manual for the Piper PA-17 Vagabond Trainer (PDF, opens in a new tab)Training · 20 pages
- Kansas Register Notice of Forfeiture - Domestic (PDF, opens in a new tab)Document · 2020 · 91 pages
From 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.
- A month
- $1,967
- A flight hour, all in
- $236
- Flying (fuel and reserve)
- $10,300
- Fixed
- $13,300
- Loan
- $0
Fields marked Typical hold a rule-of-thumb figure for a piston airplane: 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.