Aircraft model
CUB CRAFTERS INC CC19-215
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The CubCrafters XCub is the most capable Cub-shaped aeroplane ever certified: 215 hp, a 2,300 lb gross weight, a 1,200 lb useful load and a 145-knot cruise, from an airframe that still gets off in under 200 feet. It is built new with carbon fibre components and modern avionics including a Garmin panel.
It is bought by people who want backcountry capability without compromise and are prepared to pay new-aeroplane prices for it — an XCub costs more than most four-seat retractables. What it delivers is genuinely without competition: nothing else combines that short-field performance with that cruise speed and load. Fabric is still the eventual major cost. CubCrafters builds and supports it, and the type is current production, which removes most of the risk of buying a fabric taildragger.
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Lycoming CC363i |
| Horsepower | 215 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 2019 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 145 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 800 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 35 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 600 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 700 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,200 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 900 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,300 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,100 lb |
| Usable fuel | 50 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 12 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $409,900 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $479,900 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $38,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $55,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 63 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 63 |
| Median year built | 2023.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 31.75 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 15.87 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 35 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 55.56 · 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 63 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 63 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 63 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 5.5 of 103 |
| Support | 5.7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.8 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 25 · 181 models in class.
- Severity: class median 5.
- Access: class median 987.
- Support: class median 72.
- Liquidity: class median 20.59.
- 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.