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 Hawker 400
RAYTHEON Beechjet
RAYTHEON Jayhawk
RAYTHEON T-1 Jayhawk
RAYTHEON T-400 Beechjet
RAYTHEON 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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