Beechcraft Musketeer Sport

Piston single engine • Low Wing • Fixed gear

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Payload vs. Range

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Occupants

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Fuel on board

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Range

Available Range / nm

Mission capable. Aircraft can handle the current load with full fuel tanks.

Fuel capacity reduced by gallons ( gal usable for nm range).

Over max gross weight. Reduce payload by lbs to safely operate this aircraft.

Extra weight is the additional payload available with your selected passengers.

Mission Profile

Used market

113

KTAS

Cruise Speed

450

Max Range

11,100

Service Ceiling

Occupants

421

lbs

Wet Payload

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About the Beechcraft Musketeer Sport

Type certificated 1970 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet

Overview

The Beechcraft Sport (Model B19) is the 150-horsepower entry point to Beech’s Musketeer family, a four-seat, fixed-gear trainer produced around 1970 and sharing its wing, wide cabin, and trailing-link gear with the Sundowner. Beech aimed it at flight schools and budget-minded owners cross-shopping the Cessna 150/152 and Piper Cherokee 140, offering more cabin and a heavier airframe than either, powered by a Lycoming O-320.

The Sport makes sense for a buyer who wants the Beech cabin and build at the lowest running cost in the family and flies mostly local or training missions two-up. Its appeal narrows on one detail that matters to a specific buyer: at roughly 59 knots clean its stall sits right at the sport-pilot eligibility line, so whether a sport pilot may fly it comes down to the individual airplane’s calibrated stall, not a blanket yes. For a private pilot the question is moot and the Sport reads as the economical, roomy way into the Musketeer line; for a sport pilot it is worth confirming before purchase.

Key Features for GA Buyers

Lowest fuel burn in the family. The 150-horsepower O-320 burns about 9 gallons per hour, the lowest of the three Musketeer singles.
Full Beech cabin and gear. It carries the same 44-inch cabin, two doors, and trailing-link landing gear as the larger Sundowner and Sierra.
Trainer handling. Docile control response and the soft gear make it a steady primary trainer for a school or a first-airplane owner.
Aerobatic-category option. Some airframes were certified for limited maneuvers, useful for upset-recovery work.

Trade-offs

150 horsepower is the ceiling. Climb and useful load both feel the smaller engine; with full fuel it is a two-adult airplane.
Cruise around 113 knots. It is a local and training machine, not a cross-country tool.
Sport-pilot status is airframe-specific. The clean stall sits at the eligibility gate; do not assume eligibility without checking the specific airplane’s POH.
Beech parts pricing. As with the Sundowner, type-specific parts run above Cessna and Piper prices; budget for that separately from the lower purchase price.

Base model

Beechcraft Sundowner 23

Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Height: 8.3 ft
Length: 25.0 ft
Parking area (ft²): 1287.0 ft²

Max Takeoff Weight: Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 2,150 lbs
Max Landing Weight: 2,150 lbs
Useful Load: 775 lbs
Fuel Capacity: Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 59 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed: 113 KTAS
Never-Exceed (V_NE): Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 152 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (V_NO): Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 134 KIAS
Approach Speed: 62 KIAS
Stall, Clean (V_S₁): Source: third-party reference 59 KIAS
Range: 450 NM
Service Ceiling: 11,100 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle: 1,750 ft
Landing ground roll: 1,215 ft

Engine

Sources

Where the figures on this page come from. Beechcraft Musketeer Sport specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.