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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS 1A2

The New Piper Aircraft Inc.

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 37 09/04/1996 📄 TCDS PDF (direct) ↗ drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (19)

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (8)

Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

  • ELOS ST02037AK-A-G-1 INFORMATION: Equivalent Level of Safety (ELOS) Finding for Piper Aircraft, Inc., Model PA-18-150 Airplane, Use of 14 CFR part 23 at amendment 23-64 Prior to Effective Date, Project ST02037AK-A

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Former holders

  • Piper Aircraft Corporation

Engineering specs · extracted from TCDS PDF

Surface-extracted from the actual TCDS PDF (regex on the agency's own text). Multi-model TCDS have one set of specs per Model section; we show the union. The linked PDF remains the authoritative source.

Vne

120kt

never exceed

Va

82kt

maneuvering

Vfe

74kt

flaps extended

Max gross

1,500lbs

Seats

2

Fuel

18gal

Oil

1.25gal

Engines (per TCDS)

  • — Models PA-18 and PA-19
  • — Models PA-18S and PA-19S
  • — Lycoming O-320

Fuel grade 80 minimum octane aviation gasoline

Fleet view · 3,462 registered tails

Engineering specs aggregated from the FAA Aircraft Registry — what every actually-flying tail under this TCDS reports. Median + 10th–90th-percentile range across the active fleet.

Seats

2

1–2 (n=3,462)

Horsepower

180

140–180

Cruise (kts)

97

97–97

Year of mfr

1960

1945–1994

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 2,370
  • LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES 315
  • CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES 168
  • LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES 133
  • LYCOMING O-320-A2B 72
  • LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER 34
  • LYCOMING O-360 SERIES 23
  • LYCOMING O-320-B2B 23

NTSB events

2,235

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

294

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.65 events / tail · 0.08 ADs / tail

The TCDS PDF on drs.faa.gov is the authoritative document for design-as-certified weight limits, performance, equipment, AD compliance times, and operating limitations. Open on drs.faa.gov ↗ DRS frequently breaks — when it does, the fleet view above and the cross-links below are usually what you actually need.