1978–1994 Beechcraft Baron 95-B55 / 95-B55A Pilot's Operating Handbook & FAA Approved Airplane Flight Manual with Supplements — Manual Set (P/N 96-590011-23)

The equipment supplements amend the basic handbook for their respective installations. The temporary change adds the fuel-selector warning placard for aircraft complying with S.B. 2670.

This is an operating handbook with servicing information; detailed repair and preventive maintenance require the separate Beechcraft Shop Manual. Operational use also requires current revisions, aircraft-specific weight-and-balance records, and all supplements applicable to the installed equipment.

Flight Operations, Systems, and Servicing Coverage

• Normal procedures: Preflight inspection, engine starting, taxi checks, takeoff, cruise, EGT mixture leaning, landing, shutdown, and cold-weather operation.

• Emergency procedures: Engine-failure identification, one-engine-inoperative operation, air starts, electrical failures, emergency crossfeed, and manual landing-gear extension.

• Flight planning: Takeoff and landing performance, climb capability, cruise power settings, fuel requirements, range, endurance, and worked planning examples.

• Weight and balance: Weighing instructions, loading forms, CG envelopes, and serial-specific seating arrangements with occupant, baggage, cargo, and fuel moment tables.

• Aircraft systems: Fuel and electrical schematics, landing-gear controls and indications, propeller synchronization, cabin heating, oxygen, and ice-protection operation.

• Servicing procedures: Main and nose shock-strut servicing, shimmy-damper fluid-level checks, brake wear limits, induction-filter removal, fuel-strainer cleaning, and lubrication schedules.

Suited to Baron owners and appropriately rated pilots reviewing aircraft operation, with servicing information for personnel familiar with the maintenance qualifications specified in the handbook.

Performance, Loading, and Operating Limits

Power-setting data relate manifold pressure and RPM to takeoff, cruise climb, and cruise operation. The performance section includes worked flight-planning examples and separate Altimeter Correction charts for the normal and alternate static systems.

Weight-and-balance data distinguish the standard and reduced-gross-weight configurations within the CAR 3 normal-category framework. Seating and occupant-moment tables separate TC-1608 through TC-1905 from TC-1906 through TC-2002, so loading calculations can use the appropriate seating arrangement.

The Safety Information section discusses single-engine flight, stalls, weather hazards, and autopilot and electric-trim precautions.

Fuel, Electrical, and Environmental Systems

The Fuel System Schematic accompanies explanations of auxiliary pumps and emergency crossfeed. The fuel-pressure indicator measures metered pressure at the injection manifold valve, rather than fuel-pump output pressure.

The Power Distribution Schematic shows the relationship between the battery, generators or alternators, buses, and electrical loads. Operating procedures address alternator-out indications and external-power precautions.

The Environmental Schematic supports the cabin-heating and ventilation descriptions. Ice-protection coverage includes surface boots, electrothermal propeller deice, fluid anti-ice, pitot heat, and heated fuel vents; the handbook states that this equipment has not demonstrated compliance for flight into known icing conditions.

Ground Handling and Maintenance Boundaries

The Airplane Three-View supports ground-clearance planning. Towing, main-wheel jacking, storage, shock-strut servicing, and induction-filter access are covered alongside inspection and replacement schedules.

The Lubrication Points Diagram links component locations to the servicing schedule and consumable-material references, allowing maintenance personnel to match each lubrication point with its specified material.

Shimmy damper: The handbook explains the fluid-level check, but directs refilling to the separate Shop Manual. Propeller servicing likewise refers to the propeller owner's manual.

Electrical landing-gear operation with the manual handcrank engaged can damage the mechanism. The emergency-extension warnings also address unintended gear retraction on the ground if controls or circuit breakers are reset before the aircraft is supported on jacks.

Always rely on qualified technicians and current, approved maintenance data before attempting any active mechanical work, servicing, or physical adjustments.

Selected Engine Limits and Flight Reference Data

For the Continental IO-470-L, the powerplant limitations specify maximum oil and cylinder-head temperatures of 225°F and 460°F, respectively, and a minimum idle oil pressure of 30 psi.

For the B55 at its maximum takeoff weight with flaps up, the positive maneuvering load factor is 4.4G. Normal Procedures lists a maximum demonstrated crosswind component of 22 knots.

PDF Search, Bookmarks, and Diagram Legibility

Text access and electrical detail: An embedded OCR layer supports searches across the main text, but some tables and schematic labels are not reliably searchable. PDF bookmarks cover all ten sections and numerous subsections. Small labels in the Power Distribution Schematic require enlargement, and some remain faint and difficult to read.

One printable, 370-page PDF contains the complete publication set listed above, including the 64-page Safety Information section, revision records, and 21 blank or intentionally blank pages.