Beechcraft 1900D
19-seat pressurised commuter turboprop with a stand-up cabin, winglets and extra tail fins. Certified for one pilot, but airlines fly it with two, and many pilots log their first turbine hours on it.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 280 kt
- Max operating speed (VMO)
- 248 kt
- Range
- 1,245 nm
- Service ceiling
- 25,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 2,615 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1 · Jet A
- Usable fuel
- 2,020 kg
- Total capacity
- 2,050 kg
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 741 kg
- Auxiliary tanks
- 2 × 282 kg
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 403 kg/h
Fuel burn in cruise at 20,000 ft. Turbine fuel is shown as mass, at a typical 0.80 kg/l, the way crews plan it.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 850 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 850 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 7,765 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog and glass
- Avionics
- Collins EFIS-84
- Systems
- Autopilot · Constant-speed propeller · Retractable gear · Pressurised cabin
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 19
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 7,765 kg
- Max landing weight
- 7,604 kg
- Empty weight
- 4,932 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- CPL(A) · ATPL(A)
- Type rating required
- BE300/1900
- Extra training or endorsements
- Turbine engine · Variable-pitch propeller · Retractable gear · Pressurised cabin · High-performance aircraft theory (HPA)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR · Known icing (FIKI)
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Beechcraft
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 2× Turboprop
- ICAO type designator
- B190
- Wake turbulence category
- M · Medium
- In service since
- 1991
Scale drawing
- Length
- 17.63 m
- Wingspan
- 17.67 m
- Height
- 4.72 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.55 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.79 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Beechcraft 1900DLength 17.63 m
- Cessna 408 SkyCourierLength 16.8 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VAManoeuvring speedBelow it, a full control deflection will not overstress the airframe (at maximum weight).
- 178 kt
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 154–188 kt
- VLEMax gear extendedHighest speed with the landing gear down.
- 180 kt
- VMOMax operating speedSpeed limit of a turbine aircraft in knots; higher up, the Mach limit (MMO) applies instead.
- 248 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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