FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet
TCDS A14CE
Raytheon Aircraft Company
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.
Specific sections
- Sec. 135.83
- Sec. 23.621
- Sec. 23.729
- Sec. 23.967
- Sec. 23.1323
- Sec. 23.1419
- Sec. 23.1545
Former holders
- Beech Aircraft Corporation
- Beech Aircraft Corporation\Raytheon Aircraft Company\Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
- Beech Aircraft Corporation\Raytheon Aircraft Company
Fleet view · 187 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
17
11–17 (n=187)
Horsepower
750
550–1,050
Cruise (kts)
210
146–210
Year of mfr
1979
1968–1995
Engines on the type, by tail count
- P&W PT6A SER 39
- P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 33
- AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER 25
- U/A CANADA PT6 SER 578HP 17
- AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES 12
- U/A CANADA PT6A-27-28 8
- GARRETT TPE331-6 5
- P & W PT6A-28 4
NTSB events
62
across all model variants
Applicable ADs
186
FAA airworthiness directives
Per-tail rate
0.33 events / tail · 0.99 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.