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Model 99
Role	Twin-engined utility monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Beechcraft
First flight	July 1966
Introduced	1968

Ameriflight Beech C99 takes off from the Mojave Airport

Beechcraft Model 99

The Beechcraft Model 99 is a civilian aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation (previously the Beechcraft Division of Raytheon and now a unit of Hawker Beechcraft). It is also known as the Beech 99 Airliner and the Commuter 99. The 99 is a twin-engined, unpressurized, 17-seat/15 passenger turboprop aircraft, derived from earlier Beechcraft King Air and Queen Air, using the wings of the Queen Air, and the engines and nacelles of the King Air, and sub-systems from both, and with a unique nose structure used only on the 99.

[edit] History

Designed in the 1960s as a replacement for the Beechcraft Model 18 its first flight was in July 1966. It received type certification on May 2, 1968, and sixty-two aircraft were delivered by the end of the year.

In 1984, the Beechcraft 1900, a pressurized 19-passenger airplane, was the follow on aircraft.

Production ended in 1986. Nearly half the Beech 99s in airline service are now operated as freighters by Ameriflight.

[edit] Models

99: (10,400 lb max takeoff weight, Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 engines flat rated at 550 hp)
99A: (same as 99, but PT6A-27 engines flat rated at 550 HP)
A99A: (one of a kind, 99A without wing center section tanks; this aircraft has been scrapped)
B99 Airliner: (10,900 lb max takeoff weight, PT6A-27 engines flat rated at 680 hp)
B99 Executive:
C99 Commuter: 11,300 lb (5,100 kg) max takeoff weight, PT6A-36 engines flat rated at 715 hp)

[edit] Operators

[edit] Civilian

In August 2006 a total of 134 Beech 99 aircraft remain in airline service. Major operators include: Alpine Air Express (14), Ameriflight (57) and Wiggins Airways (11). Some 25 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type.^[1]

[edit] Military

[edit] Specifications (Model 99A)

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: One
Capacity: Normally 15 passengers (8-seat 'Business Executive' model available)
Length: 44 ft 6¾ in (13.58 m)
Wingspan: 45 ft 10½ in (13.98 m)
Height: 14 ft 4⅓ in (4.37 m)
Wing area: 279.7 ft² (25.99 m²)
Empty weight: 5,533 lb (varies depending upon equipment and configuration) (2,515 kg)
Loaded weight: <!10400 lb (99 and 99A)l 10900 lb (B99 and aircraft modified with Beech Kit 99-5014); 11300 lb (C99)> ()
Max takeoff weight: 10,400, 10,900, or 11,300 lb -- see above (4,727 kg)
Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20, -27. or -36 turboprop Hartzell constant speed, feathering, and reversing, 550, 680, 0r 715 eshp depending upon model/mod status (487 kW) each

Performance

Cruise speed: 205 knots
Range: 910 nm (1,048 mi, 1,686 km) at 216 mph (347 km/h) at 8,000 ft (2,440 m)
Service ceiling: 26,200 ft (7,988 m)
Rate of climb: 1,700 ft/min (8.63 m/s)

[edit] See also

Related lists

List of civil aircraft

[edit] References

^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
^ Green, William, The Observers Book of Aircraft, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4

[edit] External links

Airliners.net's background of the 99

http://beech99.com/

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[0] Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[1] Green, William, The Observers Book of Aircraft, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1970. ISBN 0-7232-0087-4

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