BE40

BEECH 400 Beechjet

Aircraft
Name
400 Beechjet
Manufacturer
Body
Narrow
Wing
Fixed Wing
Position
Low wing
Tail
T-tail
WTC
M
APC
B
Type Code
L2J
Engine
Jet
Engine Count
Multi
Position
Both sides of rear fuselage
Landing gear
Tricycle retractable
Manufactured as
RAYTHEON 400 Beechjet
RAYTHEON Hawker 400
RAYTHEON Beechjet
RAYTHEON Jayhawk
RAYTHEON T-1 Jayhawk
RAYTHEON T-400 Beechjet
HAWKER BEECHCRAFT Hawker 400
BEECH Jayhawk
BEECH T-400 Beechjet
BEECH T-1 Jayhawk
BEECH Beechjet
BEECH 400 Beechjet

BE40

Light corporate jet. In Service since 1986. Beechcraft/Raytheon bought the MITSUBISHI MU-300 Diamond design and has developed it into the BEECH 400. Also built as military T-1A JAYHAWK trainer. The original BEECH 400 and 400A is now marketed by RAYTHEON, USA.

Remanufactured variants were built by Nextant Aerospace since 2010. The P&W JT15D-5 engines replaced with Williams FJ44-3AP ones and the aircraft EFIS and TAWS were upgraded.

The Hawker 400XPR modification, featuring new avionics, interior and winglets, is availabke since 2014.

Technical Data
Wing span (metric)
13.30 m
Length (metric)
14.80 m
Height (metric)
4.20 m
Powerplant

2 x 12.9 kN P&W JT15D-5 turbofans

Engine Model(s)
Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
Williams FJ44
Indicative Performance Data
Take-Off
V2
n/a
Distance
n/a
MTOW
7303 kg
Initial Climb (to 5000 ft)
IAS
n/a
ROC
n/a
Initial Climb (to FL150)
IAS
n/a
ROC
n/a
Initial Climb (to FL240)
IAS
n/a
ROC
n/a
MACH Climb
MACH
n/a
ROC
n/a
Cruise
TAS
443 kts
MACH
0.77
Ceiling
450
Range
1693 NM
Initial Descent (to FL240)
MACH
n/a
ROD
n/a
Descent (to FL100)
IAS
n/a
ROD
n/a
Descent (FL100 & below)
IAS
n/a
MCS
n/a
ROD
n/a
Approach
Vapp (IAS)
n/a
Distance
n/a

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