Socata TB 9 Tampico
Entry model of the Socata TB family: the airframe of the TB 10 Tobago with a 160 hp Lycoming and a fixed-pitch propeller, a wide cabin and gull-wing doors. The Tampico Club version was offered for flight training.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 115 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 165 kt
- Range
- 471 nm
- Service ceiling
- 12,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 665 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 152 l
- Total capacity
- 158 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 79 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 37 l/h
- Endurance
- 4 h 5 min
- Usable fuel weighs
- 109 kg
Fuel burn at 71% power, 6,000 ft. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 570 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 570 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 420 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 1,060 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 4
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,060 kg
- Max landing weight
- 1,060 kg
- Empty weight
- 656 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Socata
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- TAMP
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
Scale drawing
- Length
- 7.72 m
- Wingspan
- 9.89 m
- Height
- 3.02 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.3 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.88 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Socata TB 9 TampicoLength 7.72 m
- CubCrafters CC19-180 XCubLength 7.26 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 50 kt
- 58 kt
- 67 kt
- 78 kt
- 86 kt
- 122 kt
- 95 kt
- 128 kt
- 165 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Socata TB 9 Tampico in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
