Watch: We Fly Garmin Autoland King Air 200

Garmin pursues a supplemental type certificate for its emergency landing system on the twin turboprop

FLYING Staff

Monday, July 31, 2023 at 05:17 PM ET

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Garmin’s Autoland should be available later this year on the Beechcraft King Air 200. [Credit: Stephen Yeates]

Key Takeaways:

Garmin announced "imminent" certification for a new Autoland emergency landing system retrofit kit, marking their first direct supplemental type certificate (STC) for the aftermarket.
The initial approvals will be for Beechcraft King Air 200s that already have the Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck STC, with plans to expand to King Air 300s.
The new system, which includes an associated autothrottle, has been successfully demonstrated in a test flight performing a creditable emergency landing.

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Garmin announced in mid July that certification is “imminent” on a new retrofit kit for its Autoland emergency landing system on certain Beechcraft King Air 200s. While not technically the first retrofit package for Autoland—that honor goes to the upgrade offered by Daher for certain previously delivered 940s—it marks the first supplemental type certificate provided by Garmin directly to the aftermarket.

Initial approvals will be for King Air 200s that have the Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck STC. After approval on the 200 series is secured, Garmin will pursue the nod on similarly equipped King Air 300s as well.