page_title: Beechcraft Duchess
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Beechcraft Duchess / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: The instrument panel of 1976 Beechcraft 76 Duchess C-FDMO
context_page_description: The Beechcraft Model 76 Duchess is an American twin-engined monoplane built by Beechcraft intended partly as a low cost introduction to twin-engine aircraft.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980–81
  General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Capacity: 3 passengers
  Length: 29 ft 0 ¹⁄₂ in (8.852 m)
  Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
  Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
  Wing area: 181 sq ft (16.8 m²)
  Aspect ratio: 7.973:1
  Airfoil: NACA 63₂A415
  Empty weight: 2,460 lb (1,116 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 3,900 lb (1,769 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 100 US gal (83 imp gal; 380 L)
  Powerplant: 2 × Lycoming O-360-A1G6D air-cooled flat-four engines, 180 hp (130 kW)  each
  Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell HC-M2YR-2C(L)EUF/F(J)C 7666A constant speed propellers
  Performance
  Cruise speed: 158 kn (182 mph, 293 km/h) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
  Stall speed: 60 kn (69 mph, 110 km/h) power off, flaps down, IAS
  Never exceed speed: 171 kn (197 mph, 317 km/h)
  Range: 780 nmi (900 mi, 1,440 km)
  Service ceiling: 19,650 ft (5,990 m)
  Rate of climb: 1,248 ft/min (6.34 m/s)
caption: 1976 model Duchess instrument panel
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