Tecnam P96 Golf

what is it?

The Tecnam P96 Golf is an Italian all-metal side-by-side two-seat single-engine, low wing light aircraft. It was designed by Luigi Pascale and produced by the Italian general aviation manufacturer Tecnam in Naples between 1997 and 2006. It has been replaced in production by the newer Tecnam P2002 Sierra.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 224 km/htop speed
• range 740 kmwithout refuelling
• size 450 kgmax take-off weight

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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1996

introduced

1997

status

still flying

number built

—

role

two-seat ultralight monoplane

origin

🇮🇹 Italy

makers

Tecnam

engines

1× Rotax 912 ULS

crew

2

length

6.4 m

wingspan

8.4 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

450 kg

top speed

224 km/h

cruise speed

195 km/h

range

740 km

ceiling

4,000 m

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