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Piper PA-25 Pawnee

The PA-25 Pawnee was an agricultural aircraft produced by Piper Aircraft between 1959 and 1981. It remains a widely used aircraft in agricultural spraying and is also used as a tow plane, or tug, for launching gliders or for towing banners. In 1988 the design rights and support responsibility were sold to Latino Americana de Aviación of Argentina.

Design and development

Most agricultural aircraft before 1949 were converted military aircraft and it was in that year that Fred Weick based at Texas A&M University designed a dedicated agricultural aircraft the AG-1, the AG-1 first flew on 1 December 1950.

During 1953 Fred Weick was approached by Piper to become a consultant on the agricultural version of the PA-18 the PA-18A, in particular to design and test a distributor for dust and seeds. A few weeks later Piper sponsored Texas A&M University to design a dedicated agricultural aircraft based on the AG-1 but to use as many PA-18A and PA-22 components as possible, the resulting design the AG-3 was smaller than the AG-1 and had a steel tube fuselage and was fabric covered. The AG-3 was a single-seat low-wing monoplane with the wings braced to the fuselage with struts, it had a conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and was powered by a 135 hp engine. The single seat was placed high in the fuselage to give the best visibility and an 800 lb-capacity hopper was fitted in front of the cockpit.

The aircraft's flying tests were successful and in 1957 Weick was invited to join Piper at Vero Beach and the AG-3 was renamed the PA-25 Pawnee. The engine was upgraded to a 150 hp Lycoming O-320-A1A engine. Two pre-production aircraft were built at Vero Beach in 1957 and production started at Lock Haven in May 1959.

In 1962 another prototype was built at Vero Beach with a 235 hp Lycoming O-540-B2B5 engine and production aircraft were produced at Lock Haven from 1962.In 1964 the Pawnee B was introduced with a larger hopper and improved dispersal gear. The Pawnee C of 1967 was fitted with oleo shock-absorbers and other improvements; also in 1967, a 260 hp variant was introduced.

Early models of the Pawnee had a single fuel tank located between the agricultural hopper and the engine. The National Transportation Safety Board recommended to Piper Aircraft that the early model PA-25's with a fiberglass fuel tank be retrofitted with a rubber fuel cell to minimize the chance of catastrophic failure and fire resulting from a crash.

In 1974 the Pawnee D was introduced with the fuel tanks moved from the fuselage to the wings, the 260 hp variant was also available with either a fixed pitch or constant-speed propeller. Although still the same design as the "D", the 1980 and 1981 production aircraft were marketed as the Pawnee. The final production aircraft was completed at Lock Haven on 22 March 1981, the last of 5,167 Pawnees.

A useful design aspect was the ability to carry a mechanic on a jump seat fitted in the hopper to assist with operations at remote stations.

On April 15, 1988, Piper Aircraft, Inc. officially sold the PA-25 series aircraft to Latino Americana de Aviación S.A in Argentina. The sale included all drawings, engineering data, parts inventory, tools, catalogs, and manuals. All support of any nature became the responsibility of the new owners.

Variants

  • AG-3 : Prototype built at Texas A&M University.
  • PA-25-150 Pawnee : Initial production version fitted with a 150hp Lycoming O-320 engine. 800lb payload.
  • PA-25-235 Pawnee : Variant with a 235hp Lycoming O-540-B2B5 six-cylinder engine.
  • PA-25-235 Pawnee B : Fitted with a 235hp Lycoming O-540-B2B5 six-cylinder engine. The Pawnee B featured a larger hopper and an increased payload of 1,200lb.
  • PA-25-235 and PA-25-260 Pawnee C : The Pawnee C was an upgraded version of the 'B' model and was available with a 235hp or a 260hp high compression version of the O-540 engine and either a fixed pitch or constant speed propeller. The fuselage of the Pawnee C featured a quickly detachable 'turtledeck' panel to ease the rinsing out of spilt corrosive agents from the fuselage structure and to facilitate servicing and inspection of components housed in the rear section of the fuselage.
  • PA-25-235 and PA-25-260 Pawnee D : The Pawnee D was also powered by a Lycoming O-540 of 260hp but featured fuel tanks fitted in the outer wings and metal covered ailerons and flaps. From 1980 it was known as the PA-25-235 Pawnee.

Piper PA-36 Pawnee Brave

The PA-36 was first announced in 1972 as a new version of the PA-25 Pawnee with a more powerful 285 hp Continental Tiara 6-285 flat-six engine. The aircraft had a new wing with removable leading edges; improved ventilation and heating system; "Safoam" anti-sloshing compound in the fuel tanks; and a larger standard hopper of 30 ft³ (0.85m³). An optional 38 ft³ (1.08 m³) hopper was also available. The type entered service in 1973.

In 1977 a new version became available with a 300 hp (224 kW) Lycoming IO-540-K1G5 engine. The new model was called the PA-36 Pawnee Brave 300 while the original aircraft was redesignated the PA-36 Pawnee Brave 285. In 1978 the Brave 300 became the standard model and another more powerful model was introduced, the PA-36 Brave 375 with a 375 hp (280 kW) Lycoming IO-720-D1CD flat-eight engine.

In 1981 Piper sold the rights in the design to WTA Incorporated, which marketed two versions from 1982 with 375 hp and 400 hp (298 kW) engines as the New Brave 375 and New Brave 400 respectively. It had built a total of 150 New Braves by 1987.

Accidents and incidents

  • 9 August 1974 a crop-spraying Pawnee was involved in a fatal mid-air collision in Norfolk, UK with a Royal Air Force McDonnell Douglas Phantom II FGR2 .
  • 24 April 1996 a Piper PA-25-150 (modified by extending the canopy forward and installing a passenger seat in the hopper area) being used to develop a supplemental type certificate (STC) was involved in a fatal crash near Buffalo, MO in which an FAA flight test engineer was killed but the test pilot survived.
  • 6 February 2010 a glider-towing Pawnee was involved in a multiple-fatality accident near Boulder Colorado Municipal Airport after colliding with a Cirrus SR20. All in both powered craft were fatally wounded, however the Schweizer 2-32 glider released and landed safely.
  • 7 March 2014 a Piper Pawnee banner plane owned by Aerial Banners and based out of North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, Florida crashed immediately after takeoff. The pilot reported that the airplane lost power upon takeoff, and he was able to ditch the plane in a lake behind a residential community. The pilot escaped with only minor injuries.
  • 30 August 2014 a Piper PA-25 banner towing plane owned by Advertising Air Force and based at Albert Whitted Airport in Saint Petersburg, Florida crashed in Tampa Bay shortly after takeoff, killing the pilot.
    • 24 December 2014 a crop-spraying Pawnee, Mexican registration XB-W1B, crashed while crop-dusting on Mexicali, Mexico; due to an engine malfunction; the Pawnee was a total loss. The pilot, Rodolfo Salas Juárez, escaped with minor injuries.

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Piper PA-25 Pawnee

  • Role : Agricultural aircraft.
  • National origin : United States.
  • Manufacturer : Piper Aircraft.
  • Designer : Fred Weick.
  • First flight : 1957.
  • Introduction : August 1959.
  • Produced : 1959-1981.
  • Number built : 5167.

    • Specifications (PA-25-235 Pawnee)

  • Crew : One.
  • Capacity : 150 US gal (568 l) or 1,500 lb (545 kg) of chemicals.
  • Length : 24 ft 9 in (7.55 m).
  • Height : 7 ft 2 in (2.19 m).
  • Wingspan : 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m).
  • Wing area : 183 ft² (17 m²).
  • Wing loading : 15.9 lb/ft² (77.5 kg/m²).
  • Empty : 1,457 lb (662 kg).
  • Loaded : 2,900 lb (1,317 kg).
  • Maximum takeoff : 2,900 lb (1,317 kg).
  • Maximum speed : 107 kts or 124 mph (188 km/h).
  • Range : 300 miles (500 km).
  • Service ceiling : 13,000 ft (3,963 m).
  • Rate of climb : 630 ft/min (192 m/min)(at MTOW).
  • Powerplant : One Lycoming O-540-B2B5.
  • Power : 235 hp (175 kW).
  • Power/Mass : 0.0810 hp/lb (0.133 kW/kg).

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