Skip to content

Atlas / TCDS / 3A16

FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS 3A16

Beechcraft Corporation

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 91 12/21/2015 📄 TCDS PDF (direct) ↗ drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (21)

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-11-28 Airplane Fuel and Electrical Systems on Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Twin Engine Airplanes.

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. 23.775
  • 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. 23.1325
  • 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
  • Raytheon Aircraft Company\Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
  • Beech Aircraft Corporation
  • 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.

Max gross

4,000lbs

Oil

2gal

Fuel grade 91/96 minimum grade aviation gasoline

Fleet view · 2,018 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

n=2,018

Horsepower

285

180–300

Cruise (kts)

165

150–165

Year of mfr

1974

1956–2013

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES 932
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES 276
  • CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES 149
  • LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER 142
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550-C 106
  • LYCOMING I0360 SER 94
  • AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 51
  • LYCOMING TI0-541 SER 37

NTSB events

387

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

260

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.19 events / tail · 0.13 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.