COMMON
P32R
Piper Lance/Saratoga
The Saratoga
“Six seats, one engine, everybody's luggage.”
Piper · private
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Length
28 ft 4 in
Wingspan
36 ft 2 in
Max speed
166 kts
Range
900 nmi
Ceiling
16,700 ft
Engines
1x Lycoming IO-540 (300 hp)
Crew
1
Max passengers
5
Typical config
1 pilot + 5 passengers
Built
2,400+
The retractable-gear Lance and Saratoga are the biggest singles Piper ever built in numbers — six real seats, a cavernous cabin with its own rear door, and a 300-horse Lycoming up front. It's the airplane families and small businesses bought instead of a light twin.
Fun fact
The cabin is so long that passengers board through their own door behind the wing — rare for a single-engine Piper.
How to spot one
Low-wing single that looks stretched — long cabin, extra side windows, and a rear door behind the wing. Early Lances have a T-tail; most Saratogas have a conventional one.
Crews call it
The Toga
Sounds like
A big IO-540 working hard — deeper and busier than the small Pipers
Related
One might be overhead right now.
Bogey turns the The Saratoga from a dot in the sky into a card in your logbook. Coming to iOS and Android.
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