introduction.Missing Plane: The Coast Guard is looking for an airplane that was supposed to show up at Eureka-Arcata Airport last night. Its radar went dead over the ocean, just outside Arcata, reports Fox News 40

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  1. This is a tiny plane. Here are the specs. Single engine, only seats four, windy night. Doesn’t look good.

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  2. 4 seats and 1 engine hardly counts for specs:

    General characteristics

    • Crew: 1 pilot
    • Capacity: 3 passengers
    • Length: 26 ft 5 in (8.1 m)
    • Wingspan: 39 ft 2 in (11.9 m)
    • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
    • Empty weight: 1,755 lb (795 kg)
    • Loaded weight: 2,645 lb (1198 kg)
    • Useful load: 890 lb (403 kg)
    • Max takeoff weight: 2,645 lb (1198 kg)
    • Powerplant: 1× Lycoming IO-360-M1A air-cooled, 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed piston engine, 180 hp (134 kW)

    Performance

    • Cruise speed: 150 knots (173 mph, 279 km/h)
    • Stall speed: 49 knots flaps down (56 mph, 91 km/h)
    • Range: 720 nm (828 mi, 1341 km)
    • Service ceiling: 16400 ft (5000 m)
    • Rate of climb: 1120 ft/min (5.69 m/s)
    • Power/mass: 14.7 lb/hp (110 W/kg)
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