General Aviation
Piper Aircraft PA-20
Manufacturer: Piper Aircraft
The Piper PA‑20 Pacer and its related models (PA‑22 Tri‑Pacer, Caribbean, and Colt) are a family of light, strut‑braced, high‑wing monoplanes built by Piper from 1949 to 1964. The Pacer is a four‑seat version of the two‑seat PA‑17 Vagabond, featuring a steel‑tube fuselage, fabric‑covered aluminum wings, and conventional landing gear. The Tri‑Pacer adds tricycle gear and higher‑power engines, while the Colt is a two‑seat trainer version.
Aircraft Facts
- Type Key
- piper-pa-20
- Class
- General Aviation
- Registry Count
- 320
- Example Registration
- N102WR
Specifications
- Wingspan
- 8.92 m / 29.25 ft
- Length
- 6.25 m / 20.5 ft
- Height
- 2.54 m / 8.33 ft
- Max Speed
- 227 km/h / 141 mph
- Cruise Speed
- 216 km/h / 134 mph
- Range
- 800 km / 500 mi
- Ceiling
- 5000 m / 16500 ft
- First Flight
- 1949
- Production Start
- 1950
- Production End
- 1964
- Total Built
- 10610
Variants
- PA-20- 276 registrations - Example N1099P
- PA-20-135- 42 registrations - Example N102WR
- PA-20-115- 1 registrations - Example N7420K
- PA-20-150- 1 registrations - Example N6053D
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- Piper Aircraft PA-22 - 2,927 registrations
- Piper Aircraft PA-24 - 2,428 registrations
- Piper Aircraft PA-32 - 1,979 registrations
- Piper Aircraft PA-46 - 1,590 registrations
- Piper Aircraft PA-23 - 1,314 registrations
Machine-Readable Resources
Sources
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=102WR
- https://www.faa.gov/licenses_certificates/aircraft_certification/aircraft_registry/releasable_aircraft_download
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1066Q
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1099P
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1100C
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1125C
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1171C
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1247C
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-20_Pacer