Tecnam P2012 Traveller

what is it?

The Tecnam P2012 Traveller is a twin-engine, shoulder-wing utility aircraft designed and manufactured by the Italian company Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam, based in Capua, Italy, near Naples. Certified under EASA CS-23 and FAA FAR Part 23, the aircraft is configured to carry up to nine passengers and one or two pilots, and is designed for commuter, charter, air taxi, cargo, medevac, and surveillance operations. In 2009, the U.S. regional airline Cape Air, based in Massachusetts, approached Tecnam with a request for a modern replacement for its aging fleet of Cessna 402s.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · fixed tricycle gear · 14 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 359 km/htop speed
• range 2,500 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 9passengers
• size 3,680 kgmax take-off weight
• built 120made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 10 years ago, in 2016.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,500 km: 14× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

2016-07-21

introduced

2019

number built

120

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Tecnam

engines

4× Lycoming TEO-540C1A / Continental GTSIO-520-S

crew

1

passengers

9

length

11.8 m

wingspan

14 m

height

4.4 m

max take-off weight

3,680 kg

top speed

359 km/h

cruise speed

319 km/h

range

2,500 km

ceiling

5,944 m

wings

monoplane

landing gear

fixed tricycle gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.