N942P – Vans RV-9 – PARTner 91 Arizona Aircraft

Vans RV-9
N942P

Clean, low hours,
far-above-average finish

$136,000 USD

Professionally built, with top quality paint and a nice interior.

Here's one of the nicest RVs I've seen in a long time. For many RVs, while their build quality may be good, they often seem to end up with a mediocre quality paint job and a rough interior. This RV was done right, though. Not only was N942P built by a highly experienced Arizona builder, but it was also finished out very nicely.

Have you ever heard of a Vans RV float plane? N942P did a short stint on floats, so while floats are not included with the aircraft, it wouldn't take much to go back to floats if you wanted! As part of that conversion, the aircraft was also reconfigured to conventional gear, taking it from an RV-9A to an RV-9.

This impressive RV has been enjoyed by its owner for several years, and now it's time for the owner to downsize his corral of aircraft. So, we are looking for a loving new owner to enjoy this RV-9.

Please carefully review the specs, the detailed high resolution images in the Image Gallery, and the walkaround video below. You'll see every inch of the aircraft. If you reach out to me, I can digitally share all logbooks and important documents.

General Specifications

Power (Titan O-361-A1A):	180 HP	Engine TBO:	2000 HRS
Max Range (Apprx w/ Res):	700 NM	Fuel Capacity:	36 GAL
Vno (max in smooth air):	180 KIAS	Vne (never exceed):	210 KIAS
Stall Speed Dirty (Vso):	49 KIAS	Stall Speed Clean (Vs1):	56 KIAS

These specifications were gathered from a variety of sources and are subject to buyer confirmation.

Numbers at a Glance

Born On:	8/18/2003
Serial Number:	90651
Flight Rules:	VFR
Total Time on Airframe: (TTAF)	465 hrs
Total Time on Engine: (mfg July 2003)	465 hrs
Engine TBO	2000 hrs
MT Prop SNEW (Dec 2011):	110 hrs
Gross Weight:	1873 lbs
Empty Weight:	1073 lbs
Useful Load:	800 lbs
Next Condition Insp Due:	Nov 2025

Hours are a close approximation and will change as aircraft is flown.

Highlights

Aircraft located at KPRC Prescott Regional Field, 76 nm NNW of KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
Always hangared and has lived in dry climate areas
Started life as an RV-9A, converted to RV-9
Outstanding paint by Straube's in Kingman, Arizona - Jet Glo Matterhorn White, Acry Glo Dark Blue, Acry Glo Lt. Burgundy
Rich, supple, thick leather seats - the pictures don't really show how nice the seats are
Overall, P&I are far nicer than on most Vans aircraft
Strong ramp presence
Spent 35 hrs on floats - no longer on floats (floats not available)
Engine compressions 74/76/74/74
Fuel selector is L, R, or Both (most others are L and R only)
No known damage history
Complete logbooks are available digitally upon request

Avionics and Equipment

GRT Sport 10.1 EFIS w/moving map and internal AHRS
Icom IC-A200 COM Radio
Garmin GTX320A Transponder
Tru-Trak Digiflight II 2-axis Autopilot - needs to be properly configured (INOP)
GRT EIS - Engine Information System
PCA-400 Intercom System
ACK E-04 406 MHz ELT
Echo UAT ADS-B Out and In
MT Prop (MTV-15-B) Composite constant speed propeller
Vortex generators (VGs) installed on the underside of horiz stab
Anti-Splat "Almost a RV-14 Seat" Mod
Avery Cowling Louvers
Internal canopy shade
Supertracks Canopy Rail Extension
Anti-Splat Vertical Stabilizer Stiffener
Solid Tailwheel
High quality canopy cover

Aircraft Evaluation

As the broker, I make a significant effort to represent an aircraft in as much detail as possible. I share with you not only the benefits and features I've discovered, but also the issues or concerns that I found during my extensive intake and deep logbook review process. I present dozens of detailed, high resolution images, and an extensive walkaround video. Please review this material in detail. All logbooks and other important documents are professionally scanned, well organized, and available for your review.

My goal is that any Buyer making the effort to look at an aircraft in person can first see the aircraft "virtually" on this web page.

Exterior - N942P has ramp presence and turns heads. Its nearly flawless professional paint is deep and retains excellent shine. The accent colors are simple and gorgeous. The white MT composite prop is classy. Leading edges and wing tips are void of dings or hangar rash.

The slide canopy has a Supertracks canopy rail extension, significantly opening up access to the baggage area and making ingress/egress a little easier. This is one of the better enhancements one can make to an RV with a slide canopy.

The aircraft is really clean. Even the areas around the wing walks are clean. I think N942P looks better in person than it does in the many high resolution images shown on this spec page.

It's a challenge to find nitpick issues with the exterior, but I found a few small issues. There are some very minor scratches on the leading edge of the engine cowl where the piano hinge wire is inserted (it's tough not to scratch paint a little bit when wrestling with re-inserting those wires, right?) The prop surface has some minor wrinkling on the face, down close the hub. The owner contacted MT about this, and they assured him that it is only cosmetic. Lastly, the upper ends of the gear legs have some scratches where they meet the cuffs.

The Image Gallery (below) contains many close-up, detailed, high resolution images so that you can get a great view of the aircraft exterior. Please review them carefully.

Instrument Panel - The spartan VFR panel in N942P is clean and well organized. The primary instrument is the GRT EFIS glass panel which presents both flight and engine information in a nice format. The radio stack consists of a single Icom COM radio with flip-flop frequency display, and a Garmin transponder.

Switches and circuit breakers are smartly organized. There is sufficient room on the right portion of the panel to install a RAM mount ball to be used with your favorite EFB such as ForeFlight, or for other instrumentation as you prefer. Overall, the panel is quite nice.

Please refer to the "Avionics and Equipment" list above, for complete details, and to the Image Gallery below for close-up images of the entire instrument panel.

Interior - The interior is clean and nicely laid out. My favorite part of the interior is the leather and bolsters used on the seats. The images shown here do not quite convey how rich the leather feels to the touch. The leather is thicker and softer than it looks, and the bolsters are thick. The leather itself could use a bit of cleaning, but I saw no rips or issues. Carpet shows minimal wear and looks nice.

Overall - This low hours, 180 horsepower, VFR-equipped RV-9 conventional gear aircraft is gorgeous and is quite a performer. It has fantastic attributes, and it looks good everywhere it goes. The next owner will have the comfort of knowing that it was built by a "repeat offender" (a highly experienced, professional builder). This RV-9 is hardly broken in, and is immediately ready for its next mission.

Please reach out to me so that I may answer any questions you have.

Logbooks available digitally upon request.

Aircraft Walkaround
Here is a video of a complete walkaround of the aircraft.