Epic Aircraft E1000
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Epic E1000 is a carbon fibre single-engine turboprop that cruises at 333 knots — faster than a TBM and faster than some light jets — with a 1,200 shp PT6 in a very clean airframe. It carries six people in a pressurised cabin with a 34,000-foot ceiling and climbs at 4,000 fpm. The registry string covers three versions. The original E1000, certified in November 2019, has the Garmin G1000 NXi panel with a third-party autopilot. The E1000 GX, certified in July 2021, replaced that with the fully integrated Garmin GFC 700 autopilot — flight director, yaw damper, coupled go-around and emergency descent protection — and a five-blade Hartzell composite propeller. The E1000 AX, shown in April 2025, adds Garmin autothrottle and Autoland and some two dozen smaller changes. The airframe and the PT6A-67A are common to all three, so the year decides which autopilot and which safety systems the aeroplane has, and that is a large part of the price difference.
It began life as an amateur-built kit aircraft and took more than a decade to reach full certification, which is the history a buyer should know: Epic went through bankruptcy and changed ownership before the certified E1000 arrived in 2019. The production fleet is small and new, so long-term support and residual values are less proven than for a TBM or a PC-12. Composite repair requires specialist facilities. The performance is genuinely exceptional for the class and the useful load of 3,400 lb is better than a Meridian's by a wide margin.
Variants of the Epic E1000
- E1000 · 2019 · 127 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A |
| Horsepower | 1,200 hp |
| Fuel | JetA |
| Certification basis | FAR23 |
| Production start | 2019 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;pressurized/high-altitude |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 333 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,560 nm |
| Service ceiling | 34,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 4,000 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 63 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 2,100 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,000 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 3,400 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,658 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 8,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,600 lb |
| Usable fuel | 260 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 60 gal/h |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a single-engine turboprop.
| Fuel (burn × price) | hourly | $460/h | $45,960/yr |
| Engine reserve (overhaul ÷ TBO) | hourly | $18,571/yr | |
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | not counted | |
| Insurance | fixed | $15,000/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | not counted | |
| Hangar | fixed | not counted |
Not in the totals: Maintenance reserve, Annual inspection, Hangar. We have no reliable default for these lines; enter your figure to include them.
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $2,900,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $4,600,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 3,500 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $520,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $780,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 133 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 127 |
| Median year built | 2024.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 15.751 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 7.872 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 97 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 76.383 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 1 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 127 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 127 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 127 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, turbo-prop, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | —4 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 11.15 · 4 models in class.
- Severity: class median 23.08.
- Access: class median 3,135.2.
- Support: class median 109.
- Liquidity: class median 61.61.
- 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.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30