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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS 3A15

Textron Aviation Inc.

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 100 12/16/2025 📄 TCDS PDF (direct) ↗ drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (27)

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (1)

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

  • CE-18-22 Alternative Method of Compliance to Airworthiness Directive 2018-06-11

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

  • Sec. 23.13
  • Sec. 23.15
  • Sec. 23.143
  • Sec. 23.301
  • Sec. 23.303
  • Sec. 23.305
  • Sec. 23.307
  • Sec. 23.395
  • Sec. 23.397
  • Sec. 23.561
  • Sec. 23.601
  • Sec. 23.603
  • Sec. 23.605
  • Sec. 23.607
  • Sec. 23.609
  • Sec. 23.611
  • Sec. 23.613
  • Sec. 23.619
  • Sec. 23.625
  • Sec. 23.685
  • Sec. 23.689
  • Sec. 23.771
  • Sec. 23.773
  • Sec. 23.777
  • Sec. 23.1301
  • Sec. 23.1303
  • Sec. 23.1305
  • Sec. 23.1307
  • Sec. 23.1309
  • Sec. 23.1311
  • Sec. 23.1321
  • Sec. 23.1322
  • Sec. 23.1323
  • Sec. 23.1325
  • Sec. 23.1327
  • Sec. 23.1329
  • Sec. 23.1331
  • Sec. 23.1335
  • Sec. 23.1337
  • Sec. 23.1351
  • Sec. 23.1353
  • Sec. 23.1357
  • Sec. 23.1359
  • Sec. 23.1365
  • Sec. 23.1367
  • Sec. 23.1381
  • Sec. 23.1431
  • Sec. 23.1501
  • Sec. 23.1523
  • Sec. 23.1525
  • Sec. 23.1529
  • Sec. 23.1541
  • Sec. 23.1543
  • Sec. 23.1545
  • Sec. 23.1549
  • Sec. 23.1553
  • Sec. 23.1555
  • Sec. 23.1557
  • Sec. 23.1563
  • Sec. 23.1581
  • Sec. 23.1583
  • Sec. 23.1585

Former holders

  • Beech Aircraft Corporation
  • Raytheon Aircraft Company\Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
  • Beech Aircraft Corporation\Raytheon Aircraft Company
  • Raytheon Aircraft Company

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

182kt

never exceed

Vno

152kt

max struct cruise

Va

123kt

maneuvering

Max gross

2,900lbs

Seats

4

Oil

2.25gal

Engines (per TCDS)

  • — Continental O-470-G
  • — Continental IO-470-C
  • — Continental IO-470-J
  • — Continental IO-470-N
  • — Continental IO-470-K
  • — Continental IO-520-B or IO-520-BA
  • — Continental IO-520B or IO-520-BA
  • — S/N E-1 through E-1370 Continental IO-520-B or IO-520-BA

Fuel grade 91/96 minimum grade aviation gasoline

Fleet view · 8,683 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

6

4–6 (n=8,683)

Horsepower

285

260–300

Cruise (kts)

138

138–150

Year of mfr

1973

1956–2016

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 4,257
  • CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES 1,829
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES 767
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER 412
  • CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES 234
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550-B 234
  • AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 162
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER 42

NTSB events

1,763

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

769

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.20 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.