Murphy Aircraft Moose
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The Murphy Moose is Murphy Aircraft's six-seat all-metal bush kit, the SR3500 development of the Super Rebel: a 36 ft wing, 1,799 lb empty and 3,499 lb gross, designed around the 355 hp Vedeneyev M14P radial though many carry a Lycoming IO-540, with Jane's figures of 134 knots at 70%, a 44-knot stall, 1,500 fpm and 521 nm; 120 had been built by 2011.
The Moose is a homebuilt Beaver substitute - six seats, 1,700 lb of useful load, floats, a radial - and it costs like one to run: the M14P wants oil, 100LL by the drum, a pilot who understands a Russian radial's start and hydraulic-lock drill, and a parts chain outside the US mainstream, while an IO-540 example trades the radial's charm for conventional maintenance. It is a big, heavy tailwheel aeroplane that is high-performance for endorsement purposes and expensive to insure, and a kit aeroplane whose pulled-rivet metal work, float fittings and engine installation are the builder's, so the builder's log and the weight-and-balance are the record. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Murphy remains in business for parts.
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Vedeneyev M14P radial (355 hp); Lycoming IO-540 also fitted |
| Horsepower | 355 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 134 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 521 nm |
| Service ceiling | 15,010 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 44 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,700 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,499 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,799 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 | 25 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 18 |
| Median year built | 2013 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 3 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 9.7 of 103 |
| Support | 1.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 39.55 · 78 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,692.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 18.07.
- 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 7 · scores Sep 30