Beechcraft Baron — U.S. Fleet History & Risk Data
Piston · 2,757 aircraft on the U.S. registry · built 1956–2026
NTSB records whose airframe serial does not match the aircraft currently holding the registration are excluded, as are service difficulty reports filed while a registration belonged to a different aircraft. U.S. registrations get reused; these counts are reconciled to the airframes actually in this fleet.
Where this fleet reports maintenance difficulties
FAA Service Difficulty Reports filed against Beechcraft Baron airframes, grouped by JASC system chapter — a factual picture of what mechanics actually report on this type.
- 85 — Reciprocating Engine : 89 reports
- 32 — Landing Gear : 67 reports
- 74 — Ignition : 26 reports
- 28 — Fuel : 24 reports
- 55 — Stabilizers : 21 reports
Recent airworthiness directives matched to this type
- AD 2011-27-04 · effective 2012-03-05 — The FAA is correcting an airworthiness directive (AD) that published in the Federal Register. That AD applies to all Hawker Beechcraft Corporation Models 95-C55, D55, E55, 58, and 58A airplanes equipped with a certain STC. The description of the affected STCs in the first sentence of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, Discussion section, is incorrect. This document corrects that error. In all other respects, the original document remains the same.
- AD 2011-27-04 · effective 2011-12-29 — information that suggests the affected airplane models with a certain STC installed may not have the appropriate V<INF>MC</INF> markings on the airspeed indicat
- AD 2008-13-17 · effective 2008-08-06 — replace certain circuit breaker toggle switches with improved design circuit breaker toggle switches
- AD 2007-21-02 · effective 2007-11-15 — The FAA adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) Models 58P and 58TC airplanes that were used as lead airplanes by the United States Forest Service (USFS). This AD establishes new limits for the structural life of the airframe (wing, fuselage, empennage, and associated structure) through the incorporation of a supplement to the Limitations Section of the pilot's operating handbook and airplane flight manual (POH/AFM). This AD results from the FAA's analysis and determination that the operational history and usage of the affected airplanes requires a
ADs published since 2004 in our Federal Register database — the full list of directives applicable to an older airframe is longer; build it at drs.faa.gov. Open/superseded status reflects our last sync. Compliance for a specific airframe can only be verified in its logbooks — that's exactly what our per-aircraft report flags.
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