What is the cheapest and best 4 seater airplane to own?

Question

What is the cheapest and best 4 seater airplane to own?

Answer 1

a cessna single engine dude it will help you a lot if you go to cessna.com pretty cool check it out.

Answer 2

That kind of question is just impossible to answer in any useful way.  There are many, many types of 4-place airplanes, including some twin-engine airplanes.

You have to consider your requirements.  Is speed a major consideration, or is it for buzzing around on Sunday afternoons?  What kind of airport facilities will you be using?  Do you want it for instruction?  Time-building?  Taking the family to the beach?

One of the first things you need to understand is that just because it has four seats does not mean you can really carry yourself and three passengers.  That requires at least something like a Cherokee 235 or a Cessna 182.  A Skyhawk, for example, will carry 2 adults and 2 children, but not 4 adults.  And so on...

The real answer is that you will need to know more about airplanes yourself, and probably secure the advice of a knowledgeable old timer or two.  When you start learning to fly, yourself (you will use a rental airplane at first) you will start to pick up the kind of knowledge you need, and you will be able to make your own decision.

Answer 3

DA-40 or a cessna 172

Answer 4

Piper tri-pacer, classic, affordable, and it's a Piper.

Answer 5

You can pick up a good used Mooney for under $75k pretty easily, They are faster and more economical than most other 4 seater. They can reach 200mph with only a 180-200hp o-360, and most others that reach that speed have over 250hp and use significantly more fuel.

Answer 6

first, you have to define "four seat airplane" Lots of planes have four seats but are restrictive when it comes to actually putting four souls on board with full fuel. The weight and balance and gross weight capability dictates how many fat bottoms you can haul. No one airplane is best for every mission. You need to ask yourself a lot of questions regarding the performance you need or expect from your plane before you can choose the right plane for you. As far as a good "cheap" airplane.......they don't exist.