Van's Aircraft RV-14
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The RV-14 is Van's roomiest two-seater, introduced in 2012 around the 210 hp Lycoming IO-390 and sized like the RV-10 in front: 1,225 lb empty, 2,050 lb gross, 50 gallons, and as tested with a 200 hp IO-360 and constant-speed prop, 197 mph cruise, a 54 mph stall and 1,800 fpm.
Buyers choose the RV-14 over an RV-7 for the cabin and the 50-gallon tanks, and pay for it in kit price and in the IO-390's fuel burn; it is a 170-knot cross-country aeroplane that still lands in under 600 feet. Because it is a modern matched-hole kit the airframes are more consistent than older RVs, but engine, propeller, panel and paint are still the builder's choices and the empty weight varies by a hundred pounds or more between examples; the weight-and-balance and the builder's log, not this row, give the useful load. With 210 hp it is a high-performance aeroplane for endorsement purposes and most insurers will want tailwheel time. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Van's parts support is current and the type is in production.
Variants of the Van's RV-14 / RV-14A
- RV-14 · 2012 · 134 active · this page
- RV-14A · 338 active
Also consider
TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 10.1 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
Compare with…
Put Van's Aircraft RV-14 side by side with up to three other models.
- Van's Aircraft RV-14
Open Van's Aircraft RV-14 in Compare
Watch this model
One email a day if anything changes: new ADs and NTSB records.
What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-390 (200-220 hp approved; IO-360 200 hp also) |
| Horsepower | 210 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2012 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 171 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 815 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,800 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 47 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 825 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,050 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,225 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 | 135 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 134 |
| Median year built | 2021 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 29.851 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 29.852 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 21 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 15.673 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 134 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 134 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 134 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.1 of 103 |
| Support | 7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 3 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 10.1 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- 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 6 · scores Sep 30