{
  "id": "y-11",
  "name": "Y-11 (Chan)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "air",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Utility aircraft",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1975,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Harbin Y-11 (NATO reporting name Chan) is a high wing twin-engine piston utility and geological survey aircraft built by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC). A requirement for a twin-engined light utility transport was issued by the Chinese government in November 1974.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 12.02,
      "src": [
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "height_m",
      "v": 4.64,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 17,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Wingspan"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Wing area",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "34.00 sq m",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 2050,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Empty weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "mass_kg",
      "v": 3500,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Max takeoff weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "2 x Zhuzhou Huosai-6A",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Thrust / power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "285 hp each",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kmh",
      "v": 220,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Cruise speed",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "190 km/h; 165 km/h",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Rate of climb",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "246 m/min",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "ceiling_m",
      "v": 4000,
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Stol landing run",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "140 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Y-11",
      "text": "Twin-engined STOL utility transport aircraft, designed for agriculture and geological survey.",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-11B",
      "text": "(I) is Fitted with advanced avionics and powered by 350 hp Teledyne -Continental TSIO-550-B air-cooled flat six piston engines. Type (II) was canceled. Later, the only flyable one was used for geological survey.",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-11 agricultural aircraft",
      "text": "Fitted with a hopper or tank in the cabin on the center of gravity, dispensing chemicals through a dust spreader, spraybars or atomisers on the wing trailing edges.",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-11 Geological Survey aircraft",
      "text": "At least one aircraft fitted with a large toroidal sensor on the port wing-tip and a cigar shaped sensor on the starboard wing-tip.",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Y-11T",
      "text": "The initial designation of the Prototype Harbin Y-12, a redesigned plane fitted with Pratt & Whitney PT6A-11 turboprop engines driving three-bladed Hartzell HC-B3TN-3B propellers.",
      "src": [
        "weg-y-11"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "bomber",
  "image": {
    "file": "y-11.jpg",
    "thumb": "y-11-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "calflier001",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 2.0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HARBIN_Y8_AT_THE_DATANSHAN_CHINA_AVIATION_MUSEUM_BEIJING_OCT_2012_(8271401241).jpg",
    "title": "File:HARBIN Y8 AT THE DATANSHAN CHINA AVIATION MUSEUM BEIJING OCT 2012 (8271401241).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC BY-SA 2.0)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/y-11.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-y-11": {
      "title": "Y-11 (Chan) Chinese Utility Aircraft",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Y-11_Chan_Chinese_Utility_Aircraft",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}