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Beechcraft Baron

One model from FAA type certificate data sheet 3A16. Every figure below is quoted from the sheet. Open any “Source” to see the words it comes from.

THE DATA SHEET

Authority
Federal Aviation Administration (United States)
Sheet
Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A16
Revision
95
Date
October 20, 2022
Holder
Textron Aviation Inc.
Licence
US Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)

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Performance figures (stall speeds, take-off and landing distances, climb, cruise and fuel burn) are in the aircraft's flight manual (POH/AFM), which we cannot reproduce. Always use the flight manual for the aircraft you fly.

This is a United States Federal Aviation Administration sheet. We show it as a US certification document, not as an Australian or New Zealand rule. Units are the sheet's own: pounds, US gallons and quarts, and knots or mph as stated.

How we copied the sheet. Quotes are from our stored text copy of the sheet, taken from the text layer of the FAA's online viewer. We rebuilt lines from the text positions, joined wrapped lines, marked wide gaps between table cells with |, removed page headers and footers, and replaced symbol-font characters with the symbols they print as. Check the original sheet before relying on any figure.

Models not shown. The sheet also covers the Travel Air (95 series) and the earlier Baron 55, 56TC, 58 and 58A models. Their weights, fuel systems and airspeed tables change with serial number and options, so we include the G58 only.

SPEC SHEET

Beechcraft Baron: G58

Baron

The sheet's heading for this modelModel G58, Baron, 6 PCLM (Normal Category)

Source for the model heading

XI. Model G58, Baron, 6 PCLM (Normal Category), Approved December 2, 2005

Compare the G58 with another aircraft

Engine

Engine
Continental IO-550-Ctwo of this engine
Source for Engine

Engines | 2 Continental IO-550-C

Rated power
300 hpeach engine
Source for Rated power

Engine Limits | All operations 2700 r.p.m. (300 hp.)

Engine speed limit
2,700 rpm
Source for Engine speed limit

Engine Limits | All operations 2700 r.p.m. (300 hp.)

Propeller
Hartzell PHC-J3YF-2UF/FC7391D(K)The sheet also lists a McCauley propeller.
Source for Propeller

Propeller and Propeller Limits | Two Hartzell PHC-J3YF-2UF/FC7391D(K)*

Fuel and oil

Fuel capacity
86 US galeach wing, standard system≈ 326 L (converted)The sheet lists a larger optional system.
Source for Fuel capacity

Fuel Capacity | Tank | Capacity Gal. | Usable Gal. | Arm Baffled or | 86 ea. | 83 ea. | +83

Usable fuel
83 US galeach wing, standard system≈ 314 L (converted)
Source for Usable fuel

Fuel Capacity | Tank | Capacity Gal. | Usable Gal. | Arm Baffled or | 86 ea. | 83 ea. | +83

Oil capacity
12 US qteach engine≈ 11.4 L (converted)
Source for Oil capacity

Oil Capacity | 12 qt. ea. engine (+43) (includes 5.5 lb. unusable), total capacity 24 qt.

Weights and loading

Maximum weight
Normal category5,500 lb≈ 2,495 kg (converted)
Source for Maximum weight, Normal category

Maximum Weight | 5500 lb. for takeoff

Seats
6
Source for Seats

No. of Seats | 6 (2 at +75, 2 at +117, 2 at +150)

Baggage limit

Left out. The sheet gives separate limits for several compartments.

C.G. range
Landing gear extended: (+78.3) to (+86.0) at 5500 lb for take-off; (+78.0) to (+86.0) at 5400 lb for landing; (+74.0) to (+86.0) at 4200 lb or less
Source for C.G. range

C.G. Range (Landing | (+78.3) to (+86.0) at 5500 lb. for takeoff Gear Extended) | (+78.0) to (+86.0) at 5400 lb. for landing (+74.0) to (+86.0) at 4200 lb. or less

Airspeed limits

Never exceed speed (Vne)
223 kt IASThe sheet gives mph and knots CAS, then knots IAS. We show the IAS column.
Source for Never exceed speed (Vne)

Never exceed | 257 m.p.h. (223 knots) 223 knots

Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)
195 kt IAS
Source for Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)

Maximum structural cruising | 225 m.p.h. (195 knots) 195 knots

Manoeuvring speed (Va)
156 kt IAS
Source for Manoeuvring speed (Va)

Maneuvering | 180 m.p.h. (156 knots) 156 knots

Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
15° flap152 kt IAS
Source for Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe), 15° flap

Flaps extended 15° | 175 m.p.h. (152 knots) 152 knots

30° flap122 kt IAS
Source for Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe), 30° flap

30° | 140 m.p.h. (122 knots) 122 knots

Reference

Datum
83.1 inches forward of jack pads on front spar
Source for Datum

Datum | 83.1 inches forward of jack pads on front spar

Certification basis
Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations as amended to May 15, 1956, with listed FAR Part 23 paragraphs as amended by Amendment 23-12
Source for Certification basis

Certification Basis | Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations as amended to May 15, 1956, and Paragraphs 23.1385(c), 23.1387(a) and 23.1387(e) of Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 23, dated February 1, 1965, as amended by Amendment 23-12.

COCKPIT

The G58 limits on an airspeed indicator

Where the sheet gives them in knots, the dial shows Vne as a red line, the caution range from Vno to Vne as a yellow arc, a green tick at Vno and white ticks at the flap limit speeds (Vfe). The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, and the stall speeds where the green and white arcs start are not in it.

PANEL LAYOUT

Classic six-pack

These are example panels drawn by us. They do not show the panel fitted to any Beechcraft Baron. Only the airspeed markings come from this model's data sheet.

  • 406080100120140160180200220240260VfeVfeVnoAIRSPEEDKNOTSAirspeed indicator
  • 2020101010102020Attitude indicator
  • 01234567891013hPaALTFEETAltimeter
  • LRTURN COORDINATOR2 MINNO PITCH INFORMATIONTurn coordinator
  • N36E1215S2124W3033Heading indicator
  • 0.5.5111.51.522UPDOWNVERTICAL SPEED1000 FT/MINVertical speed indicator
  • 05101520253035RPM×100Tachometer
  • 075150OIL°COil temperature
  • 060120OILPSIOil pressure
  • EEFFLRFUELFuel quantity
  • 0510SUCTIONin HgSuction gauge
0 kt

What the dial shows

  • Red line: never exceed speed (Vne)223 kt IAS
    Source for the red line

    Never exceed | 257 m.p.h. (223 knots) 223 knots

  • Yellow arc: caution rangeFrom Vno to Vne, 195 kt IAS to 223 kt IAS
  • Green tick: Vno, top of the green arc195 kt IAS
    Source for the green tick

    Maximum structural cruising | 225 m.p.h. (195 knots) 195 knots

  • White tick: Vfe, 15° flap, a flap limit speed152 kt IAS
    Source for the white tick, 15° flap

    Flaps extended 15° | 175 m.p.h. (152 knots) 152 knots

  • White tick: Vfe, 30° flap, a flap limit speed122 kt IAS
    Source for the white tick, 30° flap

    30° | 140 m.p.h. (122 knots) 122 knots

  • Marks are drawn at the sheet's speeds in knots IAS.
  • White ticks mark the flap limit speeds (Vfe) the sheet gives. The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, so the flight manual says where this aircraft's white arc ends.
  • The low ends of the white and green arcs are stall speeds. They come from the flight manual, so we have left them unmarked.

The other instruments are drawn at rest and are not linked to this aircraft. Learn what each instrument shows in the cockpit explorer.

For learning only. Not for flight planning or use in flight. Figures are certification limits from Federal Aviation Administration, Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A16, Revision 95, retrieved 31 October 2026. Conversions marked “converted” are our own arithmetic. No manufacturer images are used. The instruments are drawn by us. Back to all aircraft.