Aircraft model
STINSON 10A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Stinson 10A Voyager is a prewar three-seat high-wing taildragger, the immediate ancestor of the postwar 108 series. It has a fabric-covered steel tube fuselage, a strut-braced wing and a small Continental engine, and it seats two in front with a third across the back.
It is a modest aeroplane by any measure — 90 knots on 80 hp — and it is bought for what it is rather than what it does. The Continental A-80 is a small prewar engine with a thin parts base, and many 10As have been re-engined with more available powerplants. Fabric over steel tube means recovering is the dominant lifetime cost. The prewar Stinson designations are numerous and confusing, so confirm exactly what the aircraft is against its paperwork rather than the registry string.
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- STINSON 10A
What it is
| Seats | 3 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental A-80 |
| Horsepower | 80 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1940 |
| Production end | 1941 |
| Endorsements required | tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 90 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 350 nm |
| Service ceiling | 14,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 600 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 38 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 3 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 580 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 430 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,580 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,000 lb |
| Usable fuel | 25 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 4.5 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $28,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $55,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,800 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $21,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $31,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 421 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 61 |
| Median year built | 1941.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 32.79 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 32.79 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 3 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 4.92 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 61 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 61 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 61 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 5.6 of 103 |
| Support | 2.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.1 of 105 |
These record scores treat STINSON 10A as one design with the same aircraft registered under other names: it includes 3 aircraft registered under VOLAIRCRAFT; includes 1 aircraft registered under ALL AMERICAN. Prices are not combined.
- Accident record: class median 32.28 · 202 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 775.
- Support: class median 147.5.
- Liquidity: class median 19.9.
- 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.