Lancair 360
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Lancair 360 is the 180 hp development of Lance Neibauer's 320, a two-seat composite kit with retractable tricycle gear and a 23 ft 6 in wing on a Lycoming IO-360 (the maker publishes no 75 %-power cruise figure), built from the early 1990s until the Legacy replaced it in 1999; the Mk II added a wider fuselage and larger tail.
A 360 is a 200-knot aeroplane for the price of a Mooney and it demands to be flown like one: a 76 sq ft wing loaded to 22 lb/sq ft gives a 59-knot stall, a fast approach and little tolerance for a sloppy flare, and insurers treat it as a retractable with an unforgiving record. It is a composite homebuilt from the pre-moulded-kit era, so the quality of layups, the fuel system and the hydraulic gear are the inspection items and the builder's log the history; empty weights vary by well over a hundred pounds, which with 1,685 lb gross decides whether two people and full tanks are legal. The gear and constant-speed prop make it complex for endorsement purposes. Lancair no longer sells the kit but parts and the owners' group remain active. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate.
Variants of the Lancair 235/320/360
- Lancair 235 · 1985 · 52 active
- Lancair 320 · 1988 · 132 active
- Lancair 360 · 98 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-360 (160-180 hp; IO-320 in some) |
| Horsepower | 180 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | — |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 59 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 595 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,685 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,090 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $70,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $159,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 151 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 98 |
| Median year built | 2001 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 6 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 61.22 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 61.22 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 25 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 25.51 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 3 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 98 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 98 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 98 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0.8 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 1 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 3.4 of 103 |
| Support | 5.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 7.5 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 18.6 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 8 · scores Sep 30