Lancair ES
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 ES is the fixed-gear four-seat composite kit Lancair derived from the IV in the 1990s, a 35-36 ft wing at 3,550 lb gross with a 210 hp Continental IO-360 (ES) or 310 hp IO-550 (Super ES), quoted at 215-225 mph cruise, a 70 mph stall, 2,000 fpm and about 1,200 nm; Cessna's certified Columbia 300 descends from it.
The ES is the Lancair for someone who wants IV-class cabin and speed without retractable gear or pressurisation, and it is correspondingly easier to insure and maintain; the fixed gear costs perhaps 15 knots. It is still a 3,550 lb composite homebuilt with a 70 mph stall and a 310 hp engine, so it is high-performance for endorsement purposes, the layup quality and fuel system are the inspection items, and the builder's log is the history; an ES with the 210 hp engine is a noticeably slower aeroplane than a Super ES and the engine fitted should be the first question. The two sources read disagree on the wingspan by a foot, so measure before assuming hangar fit. Kits ended in 2012 but the Columbia/Cessna 350-400 lineage keeps some parts and knowledge available. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate.
Variants of the Lancair ES / Super ES
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What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Continental IO-550 (Super ES, 310 hp); ES: Continental IO-360 (210 hp) |
| Horsepower | 310 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 187 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 1,217 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 2,000 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 61 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,350 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,550 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,200 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 | 134 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 96 |
| Median year built | 2007 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 9 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 93.75 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 93.75 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 20 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 20.83 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 8 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 96 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 96 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 96 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 0.6 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 2 of 103 |
| Support | 4.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 6.3 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 14.2 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 33.21 · 223 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 796.
- Support: class median 131.
- Liquidity: class median 19.89.
- 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