Jabiru Aircraft J170-SP
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Jabiru J170 is the four-cylinder trainer of the Jabiru range, a composite two-seat high-wing with the long J230 wing and the 85 hp Jabiru 2200, 705 lb empty and 1,323 lb gross, quoted at 100 knots cruise, a 39-knot stall and 500 fpm, with a 36-gallon tank giving over 1,000 nm.
The J170 is the economical, docile Jabiru, built for flying schools, and its limits are the 85 hp engine's: 500 fpm at gross and a 100-knot cruise, which is fine for training and local flying and slow for travel. The 2200 shares the 3300's cooling and bolt history in smaller form, so engine records and factory-update status matter more than airframe hours, and a J170 that spent its life as a trainer will have high hours and a nosewheel and gear history to inspect. Its useful load of about 620 lb is better than most light-sport aircraft because the airframe is so light. As an S-LSA it is maintained to Jabiru's manual by an A&P or LSA repairman; kit examples may be amateur-built. Parts come from Australia via the US distributor.
Variants of the Jabiru J170
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Jabiru 2200 (85 hp) |
| Horsepower | 85 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 100 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 1,030 nm |
| Service ceiling | 15,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 39 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 618 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,323 lb |
| Empty weight | 705 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 | 12 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 9 |
| Median year built | 2008 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 2 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 1.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- 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 8 · scores Sep 30