Van's Aircraft RV-14A
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The RV-14A is Van's roomiest low-wing two-seater and its newest low-wing design, introduced in 2012 around the 210 hp Lycoming IO-390 with a cabin Van's describes as wide as many four-seat aircraft, a 2,050 lb gross weight and 50-gallon tanks. In tricycle form it cruises at 168 knots at 75% power, has a range of about 700 nm, climbs at 1,500 fpm and carries 810 lb of useful load, of which 510 lb remains for people and bags with full fuel.
It is the two-seat RV for people who found the RV-7 cramped and want real range with two large adults and bags, and it is the most expensive two-seat kit on Van's list at $64,900 for the standard airframe and $91,400 for the QuickBuild, before engine, propeller and avionics. Van's calls it its most advanced and refined low-wing kit, matched-hole throughout with designed wiring, avionics and engine packages, so the spread between examples should be narrower than for older RVs — but it remains an amateur-built aircraft, and the engine (200-220 hp approved), propeller, avionics and the workmanship under the skins are the builder's, not the factory's. The IO-390's 210 hp puts it in the high-performance class and requires an endorsement; with a constant-speed propeller on fixed gear it is not "complex". Buyers of aircraft from kits delivered between January 2022 and June 2023 should ask about laser-cut parts, which Van's identified as prone to cracking at dimpled holes and, for the RV-14 wing and fuselage, covered with specific service letters. Annual condition inspections need only an A&P, or the builder holding the repairman certificate.
Variants of the Van's RV-14 / RV-14A
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-390-A (200-220 hp approved) |
| Horsepower | 210 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 168 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 707 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 51 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 810 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,050 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,240 lb |
| Usable fuel | 50 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $64,900 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $91,400 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 340 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 335 |
| Median year built | 2021.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 8 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 23.881 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 23.882 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 59 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 17.613 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 335 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 335 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 335 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 6 of 103 |
| Support | 8.4 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 3.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 18.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- 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