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COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2008
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Tecnam P2008 is an Italian high-wing two-seater with a carbon fibre fuselage and metal wings, a combination Tecnam uses across its range to get a smooth, quiet cabin without the cost of an all-composite airframe. It cruises at 115 knots on a Rotax 912 burning about five gallons an hour.
Tecnam is the largest general aviation manufacturer in Europe by unit volume, and that matters more than any single specification: the company is stable, the dealer and parts network is genuinely established, and flight schools buy these in quantity, which supports resale. The P2008 is well finished, comfortable and easy to fly. The reservations are the class's rather than the type's — a 1,320 lb limit that constrains what two adults can carry, and a price at the upper end of the light sport market for what is fundamentally a simple aeroplane.
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Rotax 912 ULS |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | 2009 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 115 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 600 nm |
| Service ceiling | 14,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 850 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 32 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 540 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 360 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,320 lb |
| Empty weight | 780 lb |
| Usable fuel | 30 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 5.6 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $139,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $224,900 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $18,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $28,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 96 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 89 |
| Median year built | 2017.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 56.18 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 56.18 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 33 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 37.08 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 89 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 89 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 89 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 6.9 of 103 |
| Support | 6.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.4 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 29.1 · 174 models in class.
- Severity: class median 9.09.
- Access: class median 974.
- Support: class median 81.
- Liquidity: class median 20.47.
- 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.