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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A-691

Piper Aircraft Corporation

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 31 11/01/1977 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (7)

Applicable airworthiness directives (12)

ADs joined from the FAA Federal Register by (Piper Aircraft Corporation × 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
  • 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
  • 01-29325 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GNS 430 Units 2001-12-03
  • 01-19094 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International GNS 430 Units 2001-08-06
  • 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
  • 98-10749 Airworthiness Directives; All Models of The New Piper Aircraft, Inc. (Formerly Piper Aircraft Corporation) Airplanes Equipped With Wing Lift Struts 1998-04-23
  • 94-20905 Airworthiness Directives; Brackett Aircraft Company, Inc.; Air Filter Assemblies Installed on Airplanes 1994-08-25

Former holders

  • Piper Aircraft, Inc.

Fleet view · 485 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

n=485

Horsepower

95

65–95

Cruise (kts)

67

67–67

Year of mfr

1947

1938–1997

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES 195
  • CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES 117
  • CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES 74
  • LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES 25
  • CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES 9
  • CONT MOTOR A&C75 SERIES 7
  • LYCOMING 0-290 SERIES 6
  • AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 5

NTSB events

131

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

56

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.27 events / tail · 0.12 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.