From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri
• Two-place open biplane. (Models C-14B9 and C-14-D-T respectively; data on C-14-DT indicated in brackets). Wright Whirlwind R-975-E engine, 300 horsepower (Wright Whirlwind R-760-ET engine, 225 horsepower).
Span 31 feet. Length- overall 23 feet 2 inches. Height overall 9 feet 1.5 inches. Wing area 244 square feet. Chord 60 inches.
Power loading 8;9 (11.4) pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 12 (11) pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 2030 (1930) pounds. Useful load 890 (870) pounds. Gross weight 2920 (2800) pounds. Fuel capacity 66 (79) gallons. Oil capacity 6 gallons.
Maximum speed 163 (139) miles per hour. Cruising speed 142 (120) miles per hour. Landing speed 57 miles per hour. Service ceiling 20,000 (14,500) feet. Rate of climb 1350 (860) feet per minute. Cruising range 445 (660) miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered; chrome molybdenum steel tubing, treated to prevent rust and corrosion; tandem seating arrangement, dual controls. Wings: fabric covered; solid spruce beams; ribs built up of spruce webs and cap strips; leading edges faired with aluminum coated dual sheet, trailing edge formed by rigid Hyblum channel; rigid bracing; ailerons are on top wing only. Tail group: fabric covered; steel framework of welded integral units; rudder equipped with overhung balance; stabilizer adjustable in flight. Fixed split axle landing gear equipped with Hydro-flex oleo shock absorbers, low pressure 8.5 X 10 wheels, internal expanding brakes; adaptable for float installation. Plane controls actuated by ball bearing cable controls operating over pulleys.
Standard equipment includes navigation lights, battery, Hamilton Standard metal propeller, switches, fire extinguisher, indirectly lighted instrument board.
Instruments: air speed indicator, tachometer, altimeter, oil temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge, compass, bank and turn indicator, clock, fuel gauge, rate of climb.