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  • Kimball Pitts Model 12

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AttributeKimball Pitts Model 12These 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
Seats2
Landing geartailwheel
Engines—
EngineVedeneyev M14P / M14PF radial (360-400 hp)
Horsepower360 hp
Fuel—
Certification basisamateur-built
Production start1996
Production end—
Endorsements required—
Performance
Cruise speed150 KTAS
Range430 nm
Service ceiling—
Climb rate2,900 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)56 KCAS
Takeoff over 50 ft—
Landing over 50 ft—
Load and fuel
Seats2
Useful load700 lb
Full-fuel payload—
Max takeoff weight2,250 lb
Empty weight1,550 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 time60
Active fleet48
Median year built2010
NTSB events, last 10 years4
Fatal events, last 10 years1
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years183.33 · thin base (low)
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active283.33 · thin base (low)
Ownership transfers, last 24 months5
Transfers per 100 active310.42 · thin base (low)
Airworthiness directives0
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidencelow
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats
Accident record4—
Severity5—
Access63.2 of 10
Support73.4 of 10
Liquidity81 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9Partial: 7.6 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 48 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 48 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 48 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 13.04.
  6. Access: class median 1,000.
  7. Support: class median 77.5.
  8. Liquidity: class median 20.
  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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