1. PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK
AND FAA APPROVED
AIRPLANE FLIGHT MAN U AL
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Issued: January, 1978 R e v i s e d : September, 1983

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WICHITA , KANSAS 67201
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3. BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS 76
Pilot's Operating Handbook
and
FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual
A7 S e p t e m b e r , 1983
LOG OF REVISIONS
,
PAGE DESCRIPTION
Title Page Added Revision Date
Page A (A7) Updated
a Revised "Introduction"
b Shifted Material and Revised
"Introduction"
c and d Added
1-1 Revised: "Table of Contents"
1-5 Revised "Use of the Handbook"
1-6 and 1-6A Shifted Material
1-10 Revised "Oil"
1-17 Revised "Demonstrated Crosswind
Velocity"
2-1 Revised "Table of Contents"
2-5 Revised "Oil"
2-9 Shifted Material
2-10 Revised "Required Equipment for
Various Conditions of Flight"
2-11 thru 2-20 Shifted Material and Revised
"Required Equipment for Various
Conditions of Flight"
3-1 Revised: "Table of Contents"
3-3 Revised "Emergency Airspeeds"
4-1 Revised: "Table of Contents"
4-3 Revised: "Speeds for Safe Operation"
4-9 Added "Hot Start" procedure
4-11 Revised: "Before Takeoff"
4-12 Revised: "Climb" F-1
Page A 1 of 2

4. LOG OF REVISIONS
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Page Description
4-13 Revised: "Leaning Mixture Using
The Exhaust Gas Temperature
Indicator (EGT)"
4-14 Revised: "Descent"
4-14A Revised: "Shutdown"
4-14B Added
4-15 Revised: "Electric Elevator Trim"
5-6 thru 5-8 Revised: "Introduction to Performance
and Flight Planning"
5-21 Upgraded quality of chart
5-26 Revised: "Take-off Distance" Graph
5-29 Revised: "Accelerate-Go Distance"
Graph
5-31 Revised: "Take-off Climb Gradient -
One Engine Inoperative" Example
8-16 Revised: "Oil" and "Battery"
A7
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2 of 2 Page A

5. BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS 76
Pilot's Operating Handbook
and
FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual
A6 J a n u a r y , 1982
LOG OF REVISIONS
Page Description
Title Page Added Revision Date
Logo Page Added
Page A (A6) Updated
2-20 Revised "Structural Life"
3-1 Revised "Table of Contents"
3-3 Shifted Material
3-4 Shifted Material
3-5 Shifted Material
3-6 and Shifted Material and Revised "Air Start"
3-7
5-2 Revised "Table of Contents"
5-35 Revised "Cruise Speeds" Graph
5-39 Revised "Cruise Power" Chart
5-40 Added New "Cruise Power" Chart
5-40A Added "Intentionally Left Blank"
5-40B Revised "Range Profile"
5-41 Revised "Endurance Profile"
7-9 Revised "Flight Instruments"
7-30 and Revised "External Power" and
7-31 Shifted Material
8-2 Revised "Table of Contents"
8-11 Revised "External Power"
8-46 and Added Preamble to
8-47 "Consumable Materials" and
Shifted Material
1of 2
Fl
Page A

6. LOG OF REVISIONS
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Page Description
•
8-53 Deleted "Landing Gear" and
Revised "Power Plant"
8-54 Shifted Material and Revised
"Fuel System", "Electrical System",
and "Utility System" and Deleted
"Instruments" and "Flaps and Flight
Controls"
8-55 Added "Wing Structure Inspection
. Schedule" and Shifted Material
A6
2 of 2 Page A

7. BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS 76
Pilot's Operating Handbook
and
FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual
A5 A u g u s t , 1980
LOG OF REVISIONS
Page Description
Title Page Added Rev is ion Dat e
Page A (A5) Updated
1-1 a n d 1-2 Revised "Table of Contents"
1-4 and 1-5 Revised U s e of Handbook "
1-6 thru 1-6B Shifted Material
2-13 Added "St art er Engaged Warning Light "
3-1 Revised "Table of Contents"
3-12B Added "Starter Engaged Warning Light
Illuminated"
4-1 Revised "Table of Contents"
4-9 Shifted Mat erial
4-10 and 4-10A Revised "St art ing"
4-10B Revised "Af t er Starting and Tax i" ano
"Before Tak eof f
4-11 Shifted Material
5-23 Revised "Tak e-Of f Weight " Graph
5-42 Revised "Holding Time" Graph
5-46 Revised "Landing Distance - Flaps Up"
5-47 Revised "Landing Distance - Grass
Surface - Flaps Down (DN)" Graph
6-1 Revised "Table of Contents"
6-8 Shifted Material
6-11 Revised "Loading Instructions"
7-1 t hru 7-3 Revised "Table of Contents"
7-12 Added "Warning Horn " 0 " Swit c h"
7-12A Added "Warning Horn Silence Button"
7-19 Shifted Material
7-20 and 7-21 Revised "St art ers "
A5
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8. LOG OF REVISIONS
Page
I D e s c r i p t i o n
7-29 Shifted Material
7-30 Added "Starter Engaged Warning Light"
7-31 Shifted Material
8-8 Revised "Jacking"
8-18 Revised "Tires"
8-36 Revised "Lubrication Diagrams"
8-42 Revised "Recommended Servicing
Schedule"
8-46 and 8-47 Revised "Consumable Materials"
8-54 Revised "Power Plant"
1 0 1 Thru 1 0 -67
Revised Safety Section
Dated March 1981.
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A5
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9. BEECHCRAFT Duchess 76
Pilot's Operating Handbook
and
FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual
A4 A p r i l , 1980
LOG OF REVISIONS
,
Page Description
Title Page Update
Page A (A4) Update
7-16 Revised "Control Lock"
7-16A
7-16B
7-17
A4
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Page A