Skip to main content

Compare aircraft models

Up to three models side by side. Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.

Choose models

The picker searches 839 models.

  • PIPER PA25-235C

Comparison

AttributePIPER PA25-235C
What it is
Seats1
Landing geartaildragger
Engines1
EngineLycoming O-540-B2B5
Horsepower235 hp
Fuel100LL
Certification basisCAR3
Production start1967
Production end1973
Endorsements requiredhigh-performance;tailwheel
Performance
Cruise speed99 KTAS
Range222 nm
Service ceiling14,500 ft
Climb rate700 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)53 KCAS
Takeoff over 50 ft1,350 ft
Landing over 50 ft1,105 ft
Load and fuel
Seats1
Useful load1,324 lb
Full-fuel payload1,108 lb
Max takeoff weight2,900 lb
Empty weight1,576 lb
Usable fuel36 gal
Fuel burn at cruise13.2 gal/h
Cost of ownership
Price, low$45,000
Price, high$156,000
Prices as of2026
Engine TBO2,000 h
Overhaul cost, low$45,000
Overhaul cost, high$64,000
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time2
Active fleet0
Median year built—
NTSB events, last 10 years0
Fatal events, last 10 years0
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years—
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active—
Ownership transfers, last 24 months0
Transfers per 100 active—
Airworthiness directives1
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidencenone
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats
Accident record1—
Severity2—
Access3—
Support40.2 of 10
Liquidity5—
Overall (sum of the categories shown)6—
  1. Accident record: class median 29.1 · 174 models in class.
  2. Severity: class median 9.09.
  3. Access: class median 974.
  4. Support: class median 81.
  5. Liquidity: class median 20.47.
  6. 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.
© 2026 TailFax. All rights reserved.TailFax · public FAA and NTSB records; not an inspection