FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet
TCDS A59EU
Piaggio Aero Industries S.p.A.
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.
- ELOS ACE-06-04 Airspeed indicator
- ELOS ACE-90-2 Amber caution lights
- ELOS ACE-90-1 Air speed indicator
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.