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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A00003SE

Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 14 12/30/2005 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (5)

Applicable airworthiness directives (17)

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

  • 2013-14689 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes 2013-06-21
  • 2012-30753 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company Airplanes 2012-12-21
  • 2011-2008 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously the Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2011-02-07
  • 2010-33336 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) (Type Certificate A00003SE Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC41-550FG and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2011-01-10
  • 2010-27212 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously the Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2010-10-27
  • E9-29982 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2009-12-17
  • E9-9793 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously The Lancair Company)) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2009-04-30
  • E9-4102 Airworthiness Directives; Avidyne Corporation Primary Flight Displays (Part Numbers 700-00006-000, -001, -002, -003, and -100) 2009-02-27
  • E8-27082 Airworthiness Directives; Avidyne Corporation Primary Flight Displays (Part Numbers 700-00006-000, -001, -002, -003, and -100) 2008-11-14
  • E8-25500 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2008-10-31
  • E8-20200 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2008-09-02
  • E8-18231 Airworthiness Directives; Cessna Aircraft Company (Type Certificate Previously Held by Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2008-08-07
  • E8-7802 Airworthiness Directives; Avidyne Corporation Primary Flight Displays (Part Numbers 700-00006-000, -001, -002, -003, and -100) 2008-04-14
  • E8-5701 Airworthiness Directives; Avidyne Corporation Primary Flight Displays (Part Numbers 700-00006-000, -001, -002, -003, and -100) 2008-03-26
  • 07-3840 Airworthiness Directives; Teledyne Continental Motors Reciprocating (TCM) Engine Models IO-550-N, TSIO-520-BE, TSIO-550-A, TSIO-550-B, TSIO-550-C, TSIO-550-E, and TSIO-550-G 2007-08-08
  • E7-6011 Airworthiness Directives; Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing (Previously the Lancair Company) Models LC40-550FG, LC41-550FG, and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2007-04-03
  • E6-20860 Airworthiness Directives; Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Models LC41-550FG and LC42-550FG Airplanes 2006-12-11

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

  • Sec. 23.201
  • Sec. 23.203
  • Sec. 23.807
  • Sec. 23.1305
  • Sec. 23.1359
  • Sec. 23.143
  • Sec. 23.301
  • Sec. 23.561
  • Sec. 23.611
  • Sec. 23.777
  • Sec. 23.867
  • Sec. 23.1303
  • Sec. 23.1307
  • Sec. 23.1308
  • Sec. 23.1309
  • Sec. 23.1311
  • Sec. 23.1321
  • Sec. 23.1323
  • Sec. 23.1325
  • Sec. 23.1329
  • Sec. 23.1337
  • Sec. 23.1351
  • Sec. 23.1353
  • Sec. 23.1365
  • Sec. 23.1431
  • Sec. 23.1543
  • Sec. 23.1545
  • Sec. 23.1553
  • Sec. 23.1555
  • Sec. 23.1563
  • Sec. 23.1567
  • Sec. 23.1581
  • Sec. 23.1583
  • Sec. 23.1585

Former holders

  • Pacific Aviation Composites, USA, LLC
  • Lancair Company, The\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing\Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Cessna Aircraft Company\Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Pacific Aviation Composites, USA, LLC\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing\Cessna Aircraft Company
  • Lancair Company, The\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing
  • Pacific Aviation Composites, USA, LLC\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing
  • Lancair Company, The\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing\Columbia Aircraft Company
  • Pacific Aviation Composites, USA, LLC\Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing\Columbia Aircraft Company

Comments

The attached document has been replaced. There was a typo in the earlier version on page 7 where it referred to a nonexistent Note 5.

Fleet view · 409 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

n=409

Horsepower

300

280–310

Year of mfr

2005

2000–2018

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C 152
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES 124
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER 111
  • CONT MOTOR IO-550-N 7
  • TCM IO-550-N 2

NTSB events

187

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

102

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.46 events / tail · 0.25 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.