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FAA · Type Certificate Data Sheet

TCDS A7SO

The New Piper Aircraft Inc.

Current Aircraft Small Airplane Rev 13 12/18/1996 📄 TCDS PDF (direct) ↗ drs.faa.gov ↗

Special Airworthiness Information Bulletins (4)

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. 23.13
  • Sec. 23.15
  • Sec. 23.25
  • Sec. 23.29
  • Sec. 23.175
  • Sec. 23.201
  • Sec. 23.203
  • Sec. 23.205
  • Sec. 23.207
  • Sec. 23.251
  • Sec. 23.301
  • Sec. 23.305
  • Sec. 23.307
  • Sec. 23.337
  • Sec. 23.341
  • Sec. 23.395
  • Sec. 23.397
  • Sec. 23.561
  • Sec. 23.603
  • Sec. 23.605
  • Sec. 23.607
  • Sec. 23.611
  • Sec. 23.613
  • Sec. 23.683
  • Sec. 23.771
  • Sec. 23.773
  • Sec. 23.777
  • Sec. 23.867
  • Sec. 23.901
  • Sec. 23.909
  • Sec. 23.955
  • Sec. 23.959
  • Sec. 23.1041
  • Sec. 23.1301
  • Sec. 23.1303
  • Sec. 23.1305
  • Sec. 23.1308
  • Sec. 23.1309
  • Sec. 23.1311
  • Sec. 23.1321
  • Sec. 23.1322
  • Sec. 23.1323
  • Sec. 23.1325
  • Sec. 23.1327
  • Sec. 23.1329
  • Sec. 23.1331
  • Sec. 23.1335
  • Sec. 23.1351
  • Sec. 23.1353
  • Sec. 23.1357
  • Sec. 23.1359
  • Sec. 23.1365
  • Sec. 23.1419
  • Sec. 23.1431
  • Sec. 23.1441
  • Sec. 23.1501
  • Sec. 23.1523
  • Sec. 23.1529
  • Sec. 23.1541
  • Sec. 23.1543
  • Sec. 23.1545
  • Sec. 23.1547
  • Sec. 23.1557
  • Sec. 23.1563
  • Sec. 23.1581
  • Sec. 23.1583
  • Sec. 23.1585

Engineering specs · extracted from TCDS PDF

Surface-extracted from the actual TCDS PDF (regex on the agency's own text). Multi-model TCDS have one set of specs per Model section; we show the union. The linked PDF remains the authoritative source.

Fuel

98gal

Oil

2gal

Fuel grade 100/130 minimum grade aviation gasoline

Fleet view · 989 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

7

n=989

Horsepower

225

180–225

Cruise (kts)

105

66–105

Year of mfr

1978

1971–2024

Engines on the type, by tail count

  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER 641
  • LYCOMING I0360 SER 131
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-KB 22
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-RB 16
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-360-EB 13
  • LYCOMING IO-360-C1E6 11
  • CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 GB 9
  • LYCOMING I0360 SER A&C 7

NTSB events

210

across all model variants

Applicable ADs

200

FAA airworthiness directives

Per-tail rate

0.21 events / tail · 0.20 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.