Aircraft model
PIPER PA-28R-201T
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Turbo Arrow III, a tapered-wing Arrow with a turbocharged 200 hp Continental in place of the normally aspirated Lycoming. In the high teens it cruises at about 172 knots, which is thirty-five knots better than the standard Arrow and puts it into Mooney territory, with a 20,000-foot ceiling for crossing weather and terrain.
The engine is the reason these sell at a discount to what the performance suggests. The Continental TSIO-360 in this installation has a long-standing reputation for running hot, for cylinder cracking and for turbocharger and exhaust problems, and it frequently does not reach its nominal overhaul life. Careful power and cooling management is not optional. There are also intercooler and cooling modifications available that materially improve matters — find out what a candidate has. Add the retractable gear maintenance and a complex endorsement requirement. Flying at 18,000 feet also means oxygen for everyone aboard. Bought with the engine history understood it is fast for the money; bought on the speed figure alone it disappoints.
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- PIPER PA-28R-201T
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-360-F (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 200 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1977 |
| Production end | 1978 |
| Endorsements required | complex |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 172 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 900 nm |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 940 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 52 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,620 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,525 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,145 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 713 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,900 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,755 lb |
| Usable fuel | 72 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 11.6 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $70,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $185,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,800 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $40,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $58,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 771 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 368 |
| Median year built | 1977.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 8 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 21.741 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 21.742 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 60 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 16.33 |
| Airworthiness directives | 10 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 1 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 368 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 368 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 368 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 6.9 of 103 |
| Support | 7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 2.2 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 28.36 · 202 models in class.
- Severity: class median 11.65.
- Access: class median 767.75.
- Support: class median 141.5.
- Liquidity: class median 19.57.
- 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.