ICP Savannah S
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The ICP Savannah is an Italian two-seat all-metal STOL kit descended from the Zenith CH 701 idea, built since 1997 in Classic, VG, XL and current S versions: a 29.5 ft wing, 631 lb empty, 1,234 lb gross as an experimental, a Rotax 912 ULS and Jane's figures of 97 knots at 75%, a 26-knot stall and 1,200 fpm; some two thousand have been built.
The Savannah does what the CH 701 does - get off and back on in a hundred metres - with a cleaner wing on the later versions and a cabin the XL and S widened, and its US fleet is split between factory-assembled light-sport aircraft and owner-built kits, which is the first thing to establish from the paperwork because the maintenance rules differ. It is a 95-knot aeroplane with a 600 lb useful load, engines from an 80 hp Rotax or Jabiru 2200 to the 100 hp 912 ULS, and pulled-rivet aluminium that is easy to inspect; which wing it has (slats, vortex generators, the ADV taper) is part of the identity. Owner maintenance and an A&P or repairman condition inspection apply to the kits; the S-LSA examples follow ICP's manual. ICP remains in production in Italy and the US importer handles parts.
Variants of the ICP Savannah
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912 ULS (98 hp; Jabiru 2200 and Rotax 912 UL 80 hp fitted) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 97 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 26 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 603 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,234 lb |
| Empty weight | 631 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 time | 91 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 67 |
| Median year built | 2016 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 8 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 119.4 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 104.48 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 23 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 34.33 · 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 67 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 67 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 67 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0.9 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 4.7 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 9.2 of 103 |
| Support | 4.6 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 28.4 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- 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