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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A59EU

Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A.

Historical Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 18 11/15/2007 drs.faa.gov ↗

Models covered (1)

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.

Special Conditions + ELOS findings

Certification-time deviations: SCs add requirements where the design is novel; ELOS allows alternative compliance. Most modern types have both.

Certification basis — 14 CFR

Specific sections

  • Sec. 21.17
  • Sec. 21.29
  • Sec. 21.183
  • Sec. 23.1305
  • Sec. 23.1321
  • Sec. 23.1545
  • Sec. 23.1309
  • Sec. 23.1311
  • Sec. 21.93

Former holders

  • Piaggio & Co.\Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche
  • Piaggio & Co.\Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche\Piaggio Aviation S.p.A.
  • Piaggio & Co.

Fleet view · 52 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

11

n=52

Horsepower

850

750–950

Year of mfr

2003

1990–2009

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • P&W PT6A SER 18
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-66 15
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-6 SERIES 5
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-66 SER 4
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-66B 2
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-60A 1
  • P&W CANADA PT6A-45 1

NTSB events

7

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

25

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.13 events / tail · 0.48 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.