SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON
Socata TB 9, TB 10 and TB 20
3 models from FAA type certificate data sheet A51EU. 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 A51EU
- Revision
- 18
- Date
- August 30, 2021
- Holder
- Daher Aerospace (printed on the sheet as DAHER (SOCATA))
- 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 TB 21 and TB 200, and earlier TB 20 serial ranges with different limits. We include the TB 9, TB 10 and the latest TB 20 serial range.
Showing the TB 9.
SPEC SHEET
Socata TB 9, TB 10 and TB 20: TB 9
The sheet's heading for this modelModel TB9, 4 PCLM (Utility Category)
Source for the model heading
IV. Model TB9, 4 PCLM (Utility Category) approved July 11, 1988
Engine
- Engine
- LYCOMING O-320-D2A
Source for Engine
Engine. | LYCOMING O-320-D2A
- Rated power
- 160 hp
Source for Rated power
Engine Limits. | For all operations, 2700 r.p.m. (160 HP)
- Engine speed limit
- 2,700 rpm
Source for Engine speed limit
Engine Limits. | For all operations, 2700 r.p.m. (160 HP)
- Propeller
Left out. The sheet lists several propellers by serial number.
Fuel and oil
- Fuel capacity
- 41.7 US galone of two tank options≈ 158 L (converted)The sheet also lists a larger tank option.
Source for Fuel capacity
Fuel Capacity. | 41.7 gal. (two 20.85 gal. at + 42.3; 40.2 gal. usable)
- Usable fuel
- 40.2 US galone of two tank options≈ 152 L (converted)
Source for Usable fuel
Fuel Capacity. | 41.7 gal. (two 20.85 gal. at + 42.3; 40.2 gal. usable)
- Oil capacity
- 8.45 US qt≈ 8 L (converted)
Source for Oil capacity
Oil Capacity. | 8.45 qt at (-23.8) (2.64 qt unusable)
Weights and loading
- Maximum weight
- Utility category2,337 lb≈ 1,060 kg (converted)
Source for Maximum weight, Utility category
Maximum Weight. | Maximum take-off weight : 2337 lbs
- Seats
- 4
Source for Seats
Number of seats. | 4 (2 at + 45.9, 2 at + 82.4)
- Baggage limit
- 143 lbfrom S/N 400≈ 64.9 kg (converted)Earlier aircraft have a lower limit.
Source for Baggage limit
143 lbs at (+ 102.3) from aircraft S/N 400
- C.G. range
- Utility category: (+ 38.3) to (+ 47.4) at 2138 lb or less; (+ 41.3) to (+ 47.4) at 2337 lb
Source for C.G. range
C.G. Range. | Utility Category. (+ 38.3) to (+ 47.4) at 2138 lbs or less (+ 41.3) to (+ 47.4) at 2337 lbs
Airspeed limits
- Never exceed speed (Vne)
- 165 kt IAS
Source for Never exceed speed (Vne)
Airspeed Limits (I.A.S.) | Never exceed | 165 knots - 190 m.p.h.
- Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)
Not in the type certificate data sheet
- Manoeuvring speed (Va)
- 122 kt IAS
Source for Manoeuvring speed (Va)
Maneuvering | 122 knots - 142 m.p.h.
- Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
- 95 kt IAS
Source for Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
Flaps extended | 95 knots - 109 m.p.h.
Reference
- Datum
- Front face of firewall
Source for Datum
Datum. | Front face of firewall
- Certification basis
- 14 CFR Part 23 effective February 1, 1965, including amendments 23-1 through 23-16
Source for Certification basis
TB 9 - 14 CFR Part 23 effective February 1, 1965, including amendments 23-1 through 23-16.
COCKPIT
The TB 9 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.
- Airspeed indicator
- Attitude indicator
- Altimeter
- Turn coordinator
- Heading indicator
- Vertical speed indicator
- Tachometer
- Oil temperature
- Oil pressure
- Fuel quantity
- Suction gauge
What the dial shows
- Red line: never exceed speed (Vne)165 kt IAS
Source for the red line
Airspeed Limits (I.A.S.) | Never exceed | 165 knots - 190 m.p.h.
- White tick: Vfe, a flap limit speed95 kt IAS
Source for the white tick
Flaps extended | 95 knots - 109 m.p.h.
- Marks are drawn at the sheet's speeds in knots IAS.
- There is no yellow arc and no green tick because we have no Vno in knots from this sheet.
- White tick marks the flap limit speed (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 A51EU, Revision 18, 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.