Beechcraft Duchess 76

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In the FlightDecide app since 2026-07-16. Reviewed 2026-09-28. 4 of 6 tables from the handbook. Anything marked “Not yet verified against the handbook” comes from FlightDecide's earlier library and hasn't been checked against the printed page.

Beechcraft Duchess 76 preflight numbers at a glance: max gross weight 3900 lb, typical useful load 1370 lb, 100 gal usable fuel, cruise up to about 158.5 KTAS (reference figure at 8000 ft, standard day). 4 of the 6 performance tables below are read from the published POH/AFM; treat the ones marked “Not yet verified against the handbook” as estimates. Use them for planning and study, and confirm against the POH for your specific serial number before flight.

Beechcraft Duchess 76 specs and key numbers

Not yet verified against the handbook

Beechcraft Duchess 76 V-speeds

Not yet verified against the handbook

Knots indicated (KIAS) unless the POH states otherwise. Speeds vary by model year and serial; the placarded speeds and your POH govern.

Beechcraft Duchess 76 cruise performance

Not yet verified against the handbook

Source not verified: the library's record cites no handbook page for these rows. True airspeed and fuel flow depend on altitude, power setting, temperature, and leaning technique.

Standard-day (ISA) rows shown, sampled across the POH table for readability; the FlightDecide app carries the full digitized table, including non-standard temperatures.

How much runway does a Beechcraft Duchess 76 need?

Not yet verified against the handbook: rate of climb

Figures read off the handbook's charts at 3900 lb, 0 ft pressure altitude, 10 °C. The rate of climb is an estimate, at 15 °C, not yet checked against the handbook. Real-world technique, wind, surface, and density altitude move these substantially, so apply your own margin (many pilots use 1.5× the book number) and run the numbers for the actual conditions.

See how density altitude stretches these distances on a hot day.

Takeoff distance

ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS: POWER - TAKE-OFF POWER AT 2700 RPM SET BEFORE BRAKE RELEASE; MIXTURE - FULL RICH (ABOVE 5000 FT LEAN TO 75-100 F ON RICH SIDE OF PEAK EGT); FLAPS - UP; LANDING GEAR - RETRACT AFTER POSITIVE CLIMB ESTABLISHED; RUNWAY - PAVED, LEVEL, DRY SURFACE; COWL FLAPS - OPEN. TAKE-OFF SPEEDS (ALL WEIGHTS): LIFT-OFF 71 KNOTS, 50 FEET 80 KNOTS. Both engines operating (normal take-off sheet, not accelerate-stop or accelerate-go). Read at zero wind component; ground_roll_ft is the value carried straight across the obstacle-height reference line (0 ft), over_50ft_ft follows the obstacle-height guide lines to 50 ft.

Source: Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual, BEECHCRAFT Duchess 76 · P/N 105-590000-5 (revision 105-590000-5A7) · Takeoff

read from the handbook's chart   extrapolated beyond the handbook

This handbook publishes performance as charts, not tables. Two people read these figures off its curves, independently, and they are shown only where the readings agreed, so they are close to what the chart shows rather than exact, within about 38 ft. Reading the chart's own worked example back from them comes out 6.1 ft from the answer it prints.

Landing distance

ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS: POWER - RETARD TO MAINTAIN 800 FT/MIN ON FINAL APPROACH; FLAPS - DOWN (DN); LANDING GEAR - DOWN; RUNWAY - PAVED, LEVEL, DRY SURFACE; APPROACH SPEED - 76 KNOTS IAS; BRAKING - MAXIMUM. Heading: APPROACH SPEED 76 KNOTS (ALL WEIGHTS). This sheet has no weight panel at all, so the distances are the same at every weight; they are recorded here at the 3900 lb reference weight. Read at zero wind component; ground_roll_ft is the value at the obstacle-height reference line (0 ft), over_50ft_ft follows the guide lines to 50 ft.

Source: Pilot's Operating Handbook and FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual, BEECHCRAFT Duchess 76 · P/N 105-590000-5 (revision 105-590000-5A7) · Landing

read from the handbook's chart   extrapolated beyond the handbook

This handbook publishes performance as charts, not tables. Two people read these figures off its curves, independently, and they are shown only where the readings agreed, so they are close to what the chart shows rather than exact, within about 25 ft. Reading the chart's own worked example back from them comes out 13.5 ft from the answer it prints.

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Reference data for planning and study: approximate, and not a substitute for the FAA-approved AFM/POH for your specific aircraft, an official weather briefing, or your judgment as pilot in command (14 CFR 91.3). Source: Beechcraft Duchess 76 Pilot's Operating Handbook, Beechcraft Corporation Data synced from the FlightDecide aircraft library on 2026-09-28.