G-IFIT - Channel Express Piper Navajo Chieftain

G-IFIT leaving Norwich Int. Airport (NWI) for Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA).

 

Model: PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain

Manufacturer: Piper

Year built: 1980

Serial number: 31-8052078

Registration: G-IFIT

Owner: Channel Express

Delivery date: 3rd. November 1993

Crew: 1 or 2

Passengers: 5 to 7

Length: 32 ft. 7.5 in. (9.94 m)

Height: 13 ft. (3.96 m)

Wingspan: 40 ft. 8 in. (12.40 m)

Wing area: 229 sq. ft. (21.3 m2)

Empty weight: 3,930 lb. (1,783 kg)

MTOW: 6,500 lb. (2,948 kg)

Fuel capacity: 158.38 UK gal. (720 litres)

Useable fuel: 156.128 UK gal. (710 litres)

Engines: 2 x Lycoming TIO-540-J2BD

Engine output: 2 x 350 hp (261 kW)

Propellers: 2 x 6 ft. 8 in. (2.03 m) diameter 3 bladed Hartzell metal, fully feathering

Max speed: 227 knots (261 mph - 420 km/h)

Cruise speed: 207 knots (238 mph - 383 km/h)

Stall speed, flaps down: 63 knots (73 mph- 117 km/h)

Never exceed speed: 236 knots (272 mph - 438 km/h)

Rate of climb: 1,445 ft/min. (7.34 m/sec)

Service ceiling: 26,300 ft. (8,000 m)

Range at 20,000 ft (6,100 m): 1,012 nm (1,165 miles - 1,875 km)

 

Registration history:

G-IFIT, Channel Express, delivered 3rd. November 1993

G-IFIT, Cook Aviation Services, delivered 6th. February 1989

G-IFIT, Jeremy Peter Ewens Walsh, delivered 25th. January 1988

G-IFIT, Noortman (London) Ltd, delivered 31st. December 1985

G-NABI, Nortman and Brod Ltd, delivered 8th. June 1984

G-MARGM. Ferguson (Newtonards) Ltd, delivered 9th. July 1981

G-MARG, Choicepoint Ltd, delivered 17th. June 1981

N3580C

 

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