Beechcraft B-60
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Duke is Beechcraft's pressurised piston twin: six seats in a cabin-class fuselage, 380 hp a side, a 30,000-foot ceiling and 220 knots. It looks better than almost anything else on a ramp and it was expensive when new, aimed at owners who wanted a pressurised cabin without moving to a turboprop.
It is one of the most expensive piston aircraft in existence to keep flying. The Lycoming TIO-541 is a large, highly stressed, turbocharged engine with a short service life, few shops willing to work on it and an overhaul cost that can approach the value of the aeroplane; a pair of them is the single dominant fact of Duke ownership. Add pressurisation, deice and a cabin-class annual. Cracked exhaust components matter especially because cabin air comes off the engines. Buy only with a full budget established in advance.
Variants of the Beechcraft Duke 60
- B-60 · 1974 · 186 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Lycoming TIO-541-E1C4 (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 380 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1974 |
| Production end | 1982 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine;pressurized/high-altitude |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 220 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,200 nm |
| Service ceiling | 30,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,601 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 75 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 2,400 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,300 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 2,352 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,140 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 6,775 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,423 lb |
| Usable fuel | 202 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 44.1 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $110,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $275,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,600 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $95,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $145,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 335 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 186 |
| Median year built | 1977.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 9 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 48.391 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 32.262 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 37 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.893 |
| Airworthiness directives | 4 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 186 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 186 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 186 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 4.4 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 1.2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 4 of 103 |
| Support | 8.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 21.9 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 28.74 · 56 models in class.
- Severity: class median 33.33.
- Access: class median 2,812.25.
- Support: class median 56.
- Liquidity: class median 21.91.
- 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