Beechcraft A36TC
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The A36TC is the turbocharged six-seat Bonanza, built 1979-1981 on the standard 33 ft 6 in wing before Beech fitted the longer Baron-derived wing to create the B36TC. It cruises at about 190 knots in the low twenties with a 25,000-foot ceiling, which suits mountain and weather flying.
The short-wing A36TC is generally regarded as the less satisfactory of the two turbocharged 36s — the longer wing on the B36TC gives better high-altitude performance and a better ride, and the A36TC's three-year production run reflects that. The turbocharged IO-520 runs hot, is expensive at overhaul and drives an exhaust and turbocharger system that must be inspected carefully. Without pressurisation the ceiling means oxygen for everyone aboard, which with six people is a real chore.
Variants of the Beechcraft Bonanza 36
- 36 · 1968 · 111 active
- A36 · 1970 · 1,906 active
- A36 · 1970 · 448 active
- A36AT · 1970 · 1 active
- A36TC · 1979 · 174 active · this page
- B36TC · 1982 · 225 active
- G36 · 2006 · 146 active
Also consider
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- Cessna T206HScore 39.4/50 · 6 seats · 164 kt
- Piper PA46R-350TScore 28.8/50 · 6 seats · 213 kt
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-520-UB (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 300 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1979 |
| Production end | 1981 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 190 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 800 nm |
| Service ceiling | 25,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,165 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 59 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 2,100 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,450 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,350 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 906 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,650 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,300 lb |
| Usable fuel | 74 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 17.4 gal/h |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a complex or high-performance single.
| Fuel (burn × price) | hourly | $129/h | $12,893/yr |
| Engine reserve (overhaul ÷ TBO) | hourly | $5,179/yr | |
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | not counted | |
| Insurance | fixed | $3,500/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | $3,000/yr | |
| Hangar | fixed | $6,000/yr | |
| Rental rate, wet | for comparison |
Not in the totals: Maintenance reserve, Rental rate (for rent vs own). We have no reliable default for these lines; enter your figure to include them.
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $220,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $429,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,400 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $60,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $85,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 260 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 174 |
| Median year built | 1980.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 11 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 63.221 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 63.222 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 23 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 13.223 |
| Airworthiness directives | 20 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 174 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 174 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 174 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1.6 of 101 |
| Severity | 1.5 of 102 |
| Access | 8.8 of 103 |
| Support | 6.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.6 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 20 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.8 · 75 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,826.5.
- Support: class median 87.
- Liquidity: class median 17.96.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30