Daher TBM 700/700A

Turboprop single engine • Low Wing • Retractable gear

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Default: 190 lbs

Default: 30 lbs

Occupants
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Fuel on board

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Extra weight

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Range

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Mission capable. Aircraft can handle the current load with full fuel tanks.
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Extra weight is the additional payload available with your selected passengers.

Mission Profile

Endorsements & ratings:
  • High-Performance
  • Complex
  • High-Altitude
  • Pressurization
  • Instrument
300
KTAS
Cruise Speed
1,150
nm
Max Range
31,000
ft
Service Ceiling
7
Occupants
317
lbs
Wet Payload
Used market Only available used

Estimated Ownership Costs

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About the Daher TBM 700/700A

Type certificated 1990 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet

Overview

The Daher TBM 700 is the airplane that created the high-performance single-engine turboprop class. Developed jointly by France’s Socata and the United States’ Mooney (the “M” in TBM) and certified in 1990, it paired light-twin speed with the fuel economy and lower operating cost of a single Pratt & Whitney PT6A turbine, in a pressurized cabin certified to 31,000 feet. The original 700A (1990) gave way to the 700B (1999, with the large cargo door and a pilot’s door) and the higher-weight 700C2 (2004), each broadening the type’s utility before the 850 brought more power in 2006.

For the owner-pilot the 700 is the value entry into TBM ownership: genuine 300-KTAS cross-country capability and the full TBM support network at the lowest acquisition cost in the line, against a 700-shp airframe that is slower and shorter-legged than the 850 and 900 that followed. Choose the TBM 700 when the goal is turbine speed and single-engine economics on the smallest budget, and an older panel and the tightest TBM cabin are acceptable trade-offs.

Key Features for GA Buyers

  • Speed and altitude. A 300-KTAS cruise and a 31,000 ft service ceiling let owners climb above most weather and fly 1,000-plus nm legs in a single afternoon, on the fuel of one turbine.
  • Versatile cabin. The 700B and later models added the oversized cargo door, making it far easier to load bulky gear, bikes, or skis for the kind of trips the TBM was built for.
  • Proven powerplant. The Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-64, rated at 700 shp, brings the PT6 family’s reliability record and a global service network to the lowest-cost TBM.

Trade-offs

  • Tight cockpit. The cockpit is notably snug for taller pilots, and on airframes without the optional pilot’s door, entry involves an awkward climb over the center console.
  • Insurance and training. Insurers typically require initial and annual simulator-based training, and premiums can be significant for low-time turbine pilots stepping up into the type.
  • No lavatory. Unlike the larger Pilatus PC-12, the TBM has no lavatory, a limiting factor on longer-range missions with passengers.
  • Slowest, shortest-legged TBM. At 700 shp the 700 cruises slower and carries less range than the 850 and 900-series that followed; it is the entry rung of the line, not the performance choice.

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Technical Specifications

Dimensions & Weights

Wingspan 41.58 ft
Height
14.25 ft
Length
34.92 ft
Parking area (ft2)
2059.07 ft2
Max Takeoff Weight
Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 6,579 lbs
Max Landing Weight
6,217 lbs
Useful Load
2,200 lbs
Fuel Capacity
281 gal

Performance

Cruise Speed
Source: third-party reference 300 KTAS
Never-Exceed (VNE)
Source: manufacturer figure 266 KIAS
Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
Source: manufacturer figure 266 KIAS
Approach Speed
80 KIAS
Range
1150 NM
Service Ceiling
31,000 ft
Rate of Climb
1875 fpm
Takeoff over 50 ft obstacle
2,133 ft
Landing ground roll
1,840 ft

Engine

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Sources

Where the figures on this page come from. Daher TBM 700/700A specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.

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