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Old 04-08-2008, 09:21 PM
Denny of Oakland Denny of Oakland is offline
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The CE-335 Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) is No. 3A25 available for view and down load on the FAA web site at FAA - Home under T/C’s. It was certified in the (Normal Category), Approved October 2, 1979. This aircraft is Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations effective May 15, 1956, as amended by 3-1 through 3-5. This is important because it is not a Part 23 aircraft.

It also came with 2 Teledyne Continental TSIO-520-EB engines. The engine in the rear tends to run HOT because of cooling issues and is a real pain to work on from the mechanic stand point of view.

The propellers are McCauley full-feathering 3-bladed propeller standard installations (a) McCauley hubs 3AF32C87 with 82NC-5.5 blades or McCauley hubs 3AF32C504 with 82NEA-5.5 blades. This you should really check very well because of pitting corrosion in the hubs that make them unusable and very expensive to replace.

The airframe has 11 AD’s 2 are reoccurring.
The engine has 21 AD’s 3 are reoccurring.

Over the years the aircraft has had landing gear issues (failures) and inadvertent gear up landing. Training is a must in this aircraft all the time.

For all the problems the aircraft has had I would suggest you may want to look at a Twin Comanche.

The maintenance costs on this model is very high sorry to say.

Just one man’s opinion.

Last edited by Denny of Oakland : 04-08-2008 at 09:23 PM. Reason: spelling
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