Aircraft model
BEECH D95A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The D95A is the most developed Travel Air, with fuel-injected 180 hp Lycomings, a further-raised gross weight and the option of a sixth seat. It cruises at 175 knots and carries 1,500 lb, which is a genuinely useful combination for a twin with such modest engines.
Fuel injection removes carburettor icing as a concern, which on a twin means removing it twice. It remains the economical Beech twin: four-cylinder engines, a simple airframe and running costs well below a Baron's. Single-engine performance is the standing caution and is the reason light twins demand currency. The Travel Air was replaced by the Baron and the fleet is small, so some parts specific to it are harder to find than Baron components. No high-performance endorsement applies at 180 hp a side.
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- BEECH D95A
What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-360-B1B |
| Horsepower | 180 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1965 |
| Production end | 1967 |
| Endorsements required | complex;multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 175 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 900 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,250 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 64 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,500 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,500 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,500 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 828 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 4,200 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,700 lb |
| Usable fuel | 112 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 20.2 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $85,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $260,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $34,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $48,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 151 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 73 |
| Median year built | 1965.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 41.1 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 17 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 23.29 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 3 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 73 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 73 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 73 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 10 of 103 |
| Support | 5.8 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 6.7 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 28.74 · 56 models in class.
- Severity: class median 33.33.
- Access: class median 2,812.25.
- Support: class median 57.
- 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.