FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet
TCDS 2A8
Latino American De Aviacion (Lavia) S.A.
Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (2)
Advisory bulletins on these airframes. Not mandatory like ADs — but operators tracking AD compliance often miss the SAIB on the same component.
Specific sections
- Sec. 21.29
- Sec. 21.183
- Sec. 21.185
Former holders
- Piper Aircraft, Inc., The New
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
118kt
never exceed
Vno
94kt
max struct cruise
Va
104kt
maneuvering
Vfe
83kt
flaps extended
Max gross
2,300lbs
Seats
1
Fuel
40gal
Oil
2gal
Engines (per TCDS)
- — Lycoming O-320-A1A
- — Lycoming O-540-B2B5 or O-540-B2C5 with carburetor setting
- — Lycoming O-540-G1A5 or O-540-G2A5 with carburetor setting
Fuel grade 80/87 minimum grade aviation gasoline
Fleet view · 456 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
1
n=456
Horsepower
250
180–250
Cruise (kts)
93
81–93
Year of mfr
1966
1959–1979
Engines on the type, by tail count
- LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES 333
- LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES 44
- LYCOMING O-540-B2B5 18
- LYCOMING O-540-B2C5 12
- LYCOMING O-540-G1A5 4
- LYCOMING 0-540F1 SERIE 4
- CONT MOTOR E225 SERIES 3
- LYCOMING O-320-A2B 3
NTSB events
260
across all model variants
Applicable ADs
118
FAA airworthiness directives
Per-tail rate
0.57 events / tail · 0.26 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.