Piper PA-46

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Piper PA-46
Piper PA-46 Malibu
Piper PA46-310P Malibu
Type: Light aircraft
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Piper Aircraft Corporation

First flight:

November 30, 1979

Commissioning:

1983

Production time:

since 1983

Number of pieces:

500

The Piper PA-46 is a single-engine business jet produced by the US aircraft manufacturer Piper Aircraft Corporation .

development

The PA-46 is a metal low wing aircraft with retractable landing gear and pressurized cabin . In its normal configuration it has a capacity for four to six passengers. Development began in the late 1970s. The first flight of the prototype PA-46-300T took place on November 30, 1979. The first flight of the serial version 310P then took place in August 1982 and the approval by the FAA in September 1983. 404 pieces of this were produced. The cabin has a length of 3.76 m, a width of 1.26 m and a height of 1.19 m.

Versions

  • Malibu ( PA-46-300T ), prototype (still without pressure cabin)
  • Malibu ( PA-46-310P ), first production version with Zweiblatt- Hartzell - Propeller
  • Malibu Mirage ( PA-46-350P ), improved version with new drive and three-bladed Hartzell propeller, changed electrics and new interior, first flight in 1998
  • Malibu Meridian ( PA-46-500TP ), improved variant with new turboprop drive and four-blade Hartzell propeller, first flight August 21, 1998
  • Matrix ( PA-46-R350-T ), the latest cheaper version, which received its type certification in October 2007. It is equipped with the same drive, the glass cockpit (from Avidyne) and the three-bladed Hartzell propeller as the Mirage, but does not have a pressurized cabin.
  • M600 ( PA-46-600TP ), enlarged version of the Malibu Meridian with a new wing design.
Piper M600 at AERO Friedrichshafen

Technical specifications

PA-46 versions
Malibu Malibu Mirage Malibu Meridian matrix
Crew / passengers 1/5
length 8.66 m 8.72 m 9.02 m 8.80 m
span 13.11 m
height 3.44 m 3.51 m 3.44 m
Empty mass 1066 kg 1397 kg 1549 kg 1332 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1860 kg 1950 kg 2310 kg 1969 kg
Top speed 434 km / h 430 km / h
Cruising speed 398 km / h 395 km / h 485 km / h 348 km / h
Take-off run 726 m 743 m 637 m
Landing runway 595 m 643 m 600 m
Service ceiling 7750 m 9144 m 7620 m
Range 2880 km 2491 km 1953 km up to 2485 km
drive Continental
TSIO-520 BE / SER ,
six-cylinder with
230 kW (320 PS) 		Lycoming
TIO-540-AE2A ,
six-cylinder with
257 kW (350 PS) 		Pratt & Whitney
Canada PT6A-42A ,
turboprop with
373 kW (500 PS) 		Lycoming
TIO-540-AE2A,
six-cylinder with
257 kW (350 PS)
List price $ 1,141,500 $ 1,896,500 $ 900,000
M-class
M350 M500 M600
Crew / passengers 1/5
length 9.02 m 9.05 m
span 13.11 m 13.16 m
height 3.44 m 3.51 m 3.44 m
Empty mass 1559 kg 1397 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 2329 kg
Top speed 482 km / h 507 km / h
Cruising speed 485 km / h
Takeoff route 726 m 803 m
Landing route 643 m 810 m
Service ceiling 9144 m 9144 m
Range 2880 km 2491 km 3071 km
drive Lycoming
TIO-540-AE2A		 Pratt & Whitney
Canada PT6A-42A
propeller Hartzell three- blade controllable
pitch propeller		 Hartzell four / five-blade controllable
pitch propeller
Avionics Garmin G1000 NXi Garmin G3000
List price $ 1,178,610 $ 2,040,000 $ 2,928,000

See also

Web links

Commons : Piper PA-46 Malibu  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ piper.com: Piper Delivers 500th Single Engine Turboprop Meridian ( Memento from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 26, 2012
  2. ↑ data sheet at Flugzeug.net
  3. ↑ data sheet at Airliners.net
  4. ↑ Data sheet at the virtual aviation museum ( Memento from July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ FliegerRevue 5/2008, p. 36, New sister of the Malibu
  6. ↑ Business & Commercial Aviation , April 2018
  7. ↑ http://www.piper.com/repositions-m-class-product-line/
  8. ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M350_03072018_LoRes.pdf
  9. ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M500_3072018_LoRes.pdf
  10. ↑ https://www.piper.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018_M600_3072018_LoRes.pdf