Spirit Engineering (unidentified) SE-1
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
I could not identify this aircraft to a standard I would be willing to put numbers against. Spirit Engineering Inc appears on the registry as the manufacturer of record for the SE-1, but I have no source I trust for its dimensions, weights, engine, performance or price, and a plausible-looking set of figures here would be an invention rather than a finding.
What the registry position suggests, and this is inference rather than fact, is a small-production or amateur-built type — the fleet size that put it in this batch is consistent with a kit or a short factory run rather than a series-produced certified aircraft. That distinction matters a great deal to a buyer, because an amateur-built aircraft carries entirely different maintenance, inspection and insurance rules from a certified one. Anyone evaluating this model should establish its airworthiness certificate category first, from the individual aircraft's paperwork.
Variants of the Spirit Engineering SE-1
- SE-1 · 65 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | — |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | — |
| Horsepower | — |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | — |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | — |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | — |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a single-engine piston, 1–2 seats.
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | $1,500/yr | |
| Insurance | fixed | $1,400/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | $1,500/yr | |
| Hangar | fixed | $6,000/yr | |
| Rental rate, wet | for comparison |
No fuel burn is on record for this model, so fuel is not included.
No TBO or overhaul cost is on record for this model, so the engine reserve is not included.
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $55,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $75,900 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 65 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 65 |
| Median year built | 2025.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 15.38 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 15.38 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 30 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 46.15 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 65 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 65 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 65 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 4.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.7 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 31.56 · 197 models in class.
- Severity: class median 10.
- Access: class median 1,000.75.
- Support: class median 89.
- Liquidity: class median 19.74.
- 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 6 · scores Sep 30