The 1978 Piper Warrior II is a compact aircraft renowned for its reliability and versatility. With a sleek low-wing design and a tricycle landing gear setup, it offers stability and ease of handling. Powered by a Lycoming O-320-D3G engine generating 160 horsepower, it cruises at around 120 knots (138 mph) and boasts a range of approximately 660 nautical miles. Inside, the cabin comfortably accommodates up to four occupants, making it ideal for flight training and personal transportation.
N63PL is a low time aircraft with excellent paint and interior. The Piper is upgraded with an all-new Garmin radio stack including a WAAS capable GPS and is fully IFR capable including the maps/charts/plates database subscriptions. The plane has numerous upgrades including single piece windshield, gap seal speed kit, graphic engine monitor and fuel computer. The plane is well suited as a cross country airplane.
All the headset jacks were rewired with stereo and the Garmin audio panel supports Bluetooth and minijack inputs for audio/music. The panel will also connect to your phone via Bluetooth allowing calls to ATC for clearances via the pilot headset.
The transponder is also Bluetooth equipped for linking to a tablet computer with an EFB software application (Garmin Pilot, FlyQ, Foreflight …etc). This provides precision GPS location as well as FIS-B weather and ADS-B traffic reports & advisories. Additionally, it provides AHRS situational awareness & parametric data for generating an EFIS display.
N63PL is equipped as follows:
Aircraft
- Seating – 4 Place
- Landing Gear – Fixed, Tricycle
- Engine – 160 HP Lycoming 0320-D3G (Engine replaced in 2024 with a new one from Poplar Groves)
- Tanis Preheat system
- Top Speed – 127.5 kts
- Cruise Speed – 124 kts @75% pwr, 7,000 ft
- Maximum Weight – 2,440 lbs (63PL has a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for weight increase above original POH – check the a/c manuals section)
- Empty Weight – 1506.85 lbs
- Useful Load – 933.15 lbs
- Usable Fuel – 2 fuel tanks: 48 gallons max, 34 when filled to the indicator tabs
(1 gal in each tank is unusable) - Fuel Burn – 8 gallons per hour
Avionics
- Garmin GMA-345 Audio Panel with Bluetooth audio input, 4 place stereo intercom, and digital audio recorder. Equipped with Garmin 3D audio, isolation modes, and pilot/copilot split communications on COM1 and COM2.
- Garmin GTN-650 WAAS GPS with Traffic/Weather display –
- Coupled to Century HSI and Auto control III Autopilot
- S-TEC 30ALT Altitude Hold with visual/aural pitch trim indicator
- Electronic Instruments (EI) digital Bar graph engine analyzer and digital fuel flow computer
- Century HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) gyro compass, OBS, and autopilot heading bug
- Garmin GNC-255 NAV/COM 2
- Garmin GTX-345 ADS-B Mode-S 1090 Transponder with Bluetooth weather/traffic to iPAD or Android tablets
- Electronic Instruments internationale (EI) Super Clock, timer, and Digital OAT
- Vertical Card Compass
- Precise Flight SPS V Standby Vacuum System and indicator light
- Alternate Pitot Static select
Click POH & Manuals to view the POH and applicable manuals for the Piper.