The Piper PA-40 Arapaho was an American six-seat, twin-engined cabin monoplane that Piper designed to replace the PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R, with a taller main landing gear and larger cabin windows than its predecessor. It used two counter-rotating 160 horsepower Lycoming IO-320 engines. The prototype was damaged in the June 1972 Lock Haven flood, flew on 16 January 1973 and crashed in spin trials that September, after which the design received a taller tailfin. The type was certified on 18 July 1974, but Piper cancelled the project in December 1974 rather than open a new production line during the recession, and the surviving aircraft served as company liaison aircraft.
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Development, prototype first flight
did not fly until 16 January 1973
Development, cancellation
the project was cancelled in December 1974
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twin-engined cabin monoplane
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twin-engined cabin monoplane designed by Piper
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was an American twin-engined cabin monoplane designed by Piper
Of Make: Piper Aircraft, Lead, make
cabin monoplane designed by Piper as a replacement for the PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R
In Group: Twin-Engine and Turboprop Utility Aircraft, Lead, group placement
twin-engined cabin monoplane
Exemplifies: General Aviation, Lead, mode placement
twin-engined cabin monoplane designed by Piper
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