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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS 1A6

Piper Aircraft Inc.

Current Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 34 08/07/2006 📄 TCDS PDF (direct) ↗ drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (8)

Applicable airworthiness directives (38)

ADs joined from the FAA Federal Register by (Piper Aircraft Inc. × model). Click any AD to see the full Federal Register record. Mandatory; flying out of compliance grounds the airplane.

  • 2025-02528 Airworthiness Directives; FS 2001 Corp, FS 2002 Corporation, FS 2003 Corporation, Piper, and Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes 2025-02-13
  • 2023-22259 Airworthiness Directives; FS 2001 Corp, FS 2002 Corporation, FS 2003 Corporation, Piper, and Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes 2023-10-06
  • 2020-17902 Airworthiness Directives; Aspen Avionics, Inc. 2020-08-17
  • 2020-16592 Airworthiness Directives; Aspen Avionics, Inc. 2020-07-31
  • 2019-00104 Airworthiness Directives; Aspen Avionics, Inc., Evolution Flight Display Units 2019-01-23
  • 2015-08732 Airworthiness Directives; Various Aircraft Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 2015-04-29
  • 2014-30722 Airworthiness Directives; Various Aircraft Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 2014-12-31
  • 2013-30859 Airworthiness Directives; Various Aircraft Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 2013-12-31
  • 2013-29396 Airworthiness Directives; Various Aircraft Equipped with Wing Lift Struts 2013-12-10
  • 2013-00807 Airworthiness Directives; Various Aircraft Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 2013-01-16
  • E9-30732 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2009-12-31
  • E9-18118 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2009-07-30
  • E8-21125 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2008-09-15
  • E8-11116 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2008-05-19
  • E7-5915 Airworthiness Directives; Superior Air Parts, Inc. (SAP), Cylinder Assemblies Part Numbers Series: SA47000L, SA47000S, SA52000, SA55000, SL32000W, SL32000WH, SL32006W, SL36000TW, SL36000W, and SL36006W 2007-04-02
  • E7-2985 Airworthiness Directives; Superior Air Parts, Inc. (SAP), Cast Cylinder Assemblies Part Numbers Series: SA47000L, SA47000S, SA52000, SA55000, SL32000W, SL32000WH, SL32006W, SL36000TW, SL36000W, and SL36006W 2007-02-23
  • 06-5127 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2006-06-06
  • E6-2651 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2006-02-24
  • 06-957 Airworthiness Directives; Aero Advantage ADV200 Series (Part Numbers ADV211CC and ADV212CW) Vacuum Pumps 2006-02-07
  • 05-24449 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2005-12-27
  • 05-17893 Airworthiness Directives; Engine Components Inc. (ECi) Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Assemblies 2005-09-09
  • 05-10864 Airworthiness Directives; Precise Flight, Inc. Models SVS I and SVS IA Standby Vacuum Systems 2005-06-07
  • 05-9366 Airworthiness Directives; Aero Advantage ADV200 Series (Part Numbers ADVPL211CC and ADVPL212CW) Vacuum Pumps 2005-05-11
  • 05-4239 Airworthiness Directives; Precise Flight, Inc. Models SVS I and SVS IA Standby Vacuum Systems 2005-03-04
  • 05-832 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 33, GTX 33D, GTX 330, and GTX 330D Mode S Transponders 2005-01-19
  • 04-22586 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 33, GTX 33D, GTX 330, and GTX 330D Mode S Transponders 2004-10-07
  • 04-11438 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 330 Mode S Transponders and GTX 330D Diversity Mode S Transponders 2004-05-21
  • 03-31978 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 330 Mode S Transponders and GTX 330D Diversity Mode S Transponders 2003-12-30
  • 01-29325 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GNS 430 Units 2001-12-03
  • 01-19094 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GNS 430 Units 2001-08-06
  • 99-30519 Airworthiness Directives; Precise Flight, Inc. Model SVS III Standby Vacuum Systems 1999-11-30
  • 99-16911 Airworthiness Directives; Precise Flight, Inc. Model SVS III Standby Vacuum Systems 1999-07-07
  • 98-34384 Airworthiness Directives; All Airplane Models of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) That Are Equipped with Wing Lift Struts 1998-12-31
  • 98-30170 Airworthiness Directives; Parker Hannifan Airborne Dry Air Pumps, Conversion Kits, and Coupling Kits 1998-11-17
  • 98-10749 Airworthiness Directives; All Models of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) Airplanes Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 1998-04-23
  • 98-3797 Airworthiness Directives; Superior Air Parts, Inc., Piston Pins Installed on Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engines 1998-02-18
  • 97-28983 Airworthiness Directives; The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. PA-20, PA- 22, PA-23, PA-24, PA-25, PA-30, PA-31P, PA-36, PA-39, and PA-44 Series Airplanes 1997-11-03
  • 94-20905 Airworthiness Directives; Brackett Aircraft Company, Inc.; Air Filter Assemblies Installed on Airplanes 1994-08-25

Certification basis — 14 CFR

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.

Max gross

1,800lbs

Seats

4

Fuel

36gal

Oil

2gal

Engines (per TCDS)

  • — Lycoming O-290-D
  • — Lycoming O-290-D2
  • — Lycoming O-320-A2A or O-320-A2B
  • — O-320-A2A Lycoming
  • — Lycoming O-320-B2A or O-320-B2B
  • — Lycoming O-320-B2A
  • — Lycoming O-235-C1 or O-235-C1B

Fuel grade 80/87 minimum grade aviation gasoline

Fleet view · 2,938 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

4

2–4 (n=2,938)

Horsepower

180

115–180

Cruise (kts)

94

94–94

Year of mfr

1957

1910–1964

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 1,676
  • LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES 585
  • LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES 553
  • LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER 9
  • AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 6
  • LYCOMING O-320-A2B 6
  • LYCOMING O-320-B2B 5
  • LYCOMING IO-320 SERIES 4

NTSB events

1,041

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

255

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.35 events / tail · 0.09 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.