Beechcraft Starship - Specifications (2000A)

Specifications (2000A)

Data from Flying Magazine, NC-53 POH, except where noted

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Capacity: Six
• Length: 46.1 ft (14.1 m)
• Wingspan: 54.5 ft (16.6 m)
• Height: 12.9 ft (3.9 m)
• Wing area: 281 sq ft (26.1 m2)
• Empty weight: 10,085 lb (4,574 kg) standard empty weight
• Gross weight: 15,010 lb (6,808 kg) max ramp weight
• Max takeoff weight: 14,900 lb (6,759 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 565 gallons, or 3785 lbs.
• Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A turboprop, 1,200 shp (890 kW) each
• Propellers: 5-bladed McCauley, 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 385 mph (620 km/h; 335 kn)
• Cruise speed: 353 mph (307 kn; 568 km/h)
• Stall speed: 112 mph; 180 km/h (97 kn) max weight with flaps retracted & idle power
• Minimum control speed: 108 mph; 174 km/h (94 kn) flaps retracted
• Range: 1,576 mi (1,370 nmi; 2,536 km)
• Service ceiling: 41,000 ft (12,497 m)
• Rate of climb: 2,748 ft/min (13.96 m/s)
• Wing loading: 53 lb/sq ft (260 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 6.2 lb/shp