FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A10SW

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

Current Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 15 12/09/2005 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (8)

Applicable airworthiness directives (47)

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

2020-28855 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2020-12-29
2020-18562 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2020-08-25
2019-03397 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2019-02-28
2016-22182 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2016-09-16
2016-09239 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2016-05-02
2016-01381 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2016-01-26
2015-00007 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2015-01-22
2014-04146 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes 2014-02-26
2010-29463 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Various Models MU-2B Airplanes 2010-11-23
2010-11034 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Various Models MU-2B Airplanes 2010-06-17
E9-27389 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Various Model MU-2B Airplanes 2009-11-16
E7-16288 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2007-08-21
E7-6121 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2007-04-03
E6-13554 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-08-18
E6-13441 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-08-18
E6-11419 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-07-20
06-6179 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-07-17
06-5653 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-06-29
E6-6420 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-04-28
E6-6419 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-04-28
E6-6054 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-04-24
E6-4123 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-03-22
E6-1769 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-02-09
E6-912 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 2006-01-25
05-17773 Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich De-icing and Specialty Systems “FASTprop” Propeller De-icers 2005-09-09
05-6776 Airworthiness Directives; Goodrich De-icing and Specialty Systems “FASTprop” Propeller De-icers 2005-04-06
05-832 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 33, GTX 33D, GTX 330, and GTX 330D Mode S Transponders 2005-01-19
04-22586 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 33, GTX 33D, GTX 330, and GTX 330D Mode S Transponders 2004-10-07
04-11438 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 330 Mode S Transponders and GTX 330D Diversity Mode S Transponders 2004-05-21
04-4512 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., MU-2B Series Airplanes 2004-03-02
03-31978 Airworthiness Directives; GARMIN International Inc. GTX 330 Mode S Transponders and GTX 330D Diversity Mode S Transponders 2003-12-30
03-27210 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., MU-2B Series Airplanes 2003-10-29
03-13980 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., MU-2B Series Airplanes 2003-06-04
02-23289 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes 2002-09-13
00-17908 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., MU-2B Series Airplanes 2000-07-24
00-11863 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes 2000-05-15
00-2392 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B Series Airplanes 2000-02-04
99-26403 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Model MU-2B Series Airplanes 1999-10-08
98-25957 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes 1998-10-01
98-19330 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. MU-2B Series Airplanes 1998-07-21
98-13517 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Models MU-2B Series Airplanes 1998-05-21
97-31675 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 1997-12-03
97-26107 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., MU- 2B Series Airplanes 1997-10-02
97-17257 Airworthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 1997-07-02
96-10060 Airworthiness Directives; Hartzell Propeller Inc. HC-A3V, HC-B3M, HC-B3T, HC-B4M, HC-B4T, and HC-B5M Series Propellers 1996-04-26
95-633 Airworthiness Directives; Hartzell Model HC-B4 Series Propellers Installed on Mitsubishi MU-2 Series Aircraft 1995-01-12
94-12717 Airworthiness Directives: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MU-2B Series Airplanes 1994-05-27

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (6)

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

CE-19-09 Wing Miscellaneous Structure
CE-12-33 Landing Gear Retraction/Extension System, Nose Landing Gear
CE-04-84
CE-03-49
CE-03-34
CE-03-26

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

Sec. 21.17

Fleet view · 164 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

9–10 (n=164)

Horsepower

904

776–904

Cruise (kts)

156

147–255

Year of mfr

1979

1972–1985

Engines on the type, by tail count

AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES 97
AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER 20
AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG 4
NONE NONE 3
AIRESEARCH TPE331-5-252M 3
AIRESEARCH TPE331-6-251M 3
HONEYWELL TPE331-SER 2
AIRESEARCH 331SER 705HP 2

NTSB events

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

343

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.14 events / tail · 2.09 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.