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AttributeMurphy Aircraft RebelThese figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
What it is
Seats3
Landing geartailwheel
Engines—
EngineLycoming O-320 (160 hp; O-235, Rotax 912 and Subaru conversions fitted)
Horsepower160 hp
Fuel—
Certification basisamateur-built
Production start1990
Production end—
Endorsements required—
Performance
Cruise speed104 KTAS
Range637 nm
Service ceiling—
Climb rate—
Stall speed (Vso)—
Takeoff over 50 ft—
Landing over 50 ft—
Load and fuel
Seats3
Useful load700 lb
Full-fuel payload—
Max takeoff weight1,650 lb
Empty weight950 lb
Usable fuel—
Fuel burn at cruise—
Cost of ownership
Price, low—
Price, high—
Prices as of—
Engine TBO—
Overhaul cost, low—
Overhaul cost, high—
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time147
Active fleet85
Median year built2004
NTSB events, last 10 years2
Fatal events, last 10 years0
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years123.53 · thin base (low)
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active223.53 · thin base (low)
Ownership transfers, last 24 months17
Transfers per 100 active320 · thin base (low)
Airworthiness directives6
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidencelow
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats
Accident record4—
Severity5—
Access68.2 of 10
Support73.9 of 10
Liquidity85.3 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9Partial: 17.4 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 85 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 85 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 85 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 33.21 · 223 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 12.5.
  6. Access: class median 796.
  7. Support: class median 131.
  8. Liquidity: class median 19.89.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
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