Porto Aviation Risen 916
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An engine version of the Porto Aviation Risen 912iS: aircraft are placed here by the engine on their FAA record.
The Risen 916 is the current Risen Superveloce: Porto Aviation's Italian carbon-fibre two-seat retractable with the 26.9 ft short wing and the 160 hp turbocharged Rotax 916iS, about 772 lb empty and 1,378 lb gross with 31.7 gallons. The factory quotes about 213 knots true at 75 % power on 6.9 gallons an hour and about 907 nm at 75 % power on standard tanks with a 30-minute reserve, 215 knots at 18,000 ft, 225 knots at maximum continuous power, a 2,200 fpm climb and a 43-knot flapped stall; the type holds its FAI class speed record.
This is the fastest two-seat piston aeroplane on the register by a margin, and its limits are the ones that come with that: a true-airspeed Vne above 13,600 ft, an indicated Vne of 205 knots, a 20:1 glide that still floats, and about 600 lb of useful load with the standard tanks taking 190 of it. In the United States it is amateur-built, so the builder's work with the factory's assistance, the aircraft's own weight-and-balance (the factory empty weight is a 'from' figure and the two data sheets disagree by 11 kg) and the 916's logbook - a new, turbocharged FADEC Rotax with strict fuel and rubber-replacement requirements - are the record, and the FAA engine entry rather than the model name tells a 916 from the 915 Superveloce that preceded it or from a 912iS long-wing Risen. Retractable gear and a constant-speed propeller make it complex for endorsement purposes, the composite structure is inspected for finish damage rather than corrosion, and support is the factory in Lecco and a handful of US owners. No current asking price was found.
Variants of the Porto Aviation Risen
- Risen 912iS · 2017 · 9 active
- Risen 915 · 8 active
- Risen 916 · 13 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 916iS (160 hp) |
| Horsepower | 160 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 213 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 907 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 2,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 43 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 606 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,378 lb |
| Empty weight | 772 lb |
| Usable fuel | 31.7 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 6.9 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $326,473 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $344,831 |
| Prices as of | 2025 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 13 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 13 |
| Median year built | 2025 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| 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 | 4 |
| 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 | 1.6 of 103 |
| Support | 1.7 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