[1] The design goals for the A-28 included twin engines for safety over hazardous terrain, a payload of 300 kg (660 lb) with four seats, 10 hours endurance, as well as good short and rough field capabilities.

The resulting design features a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed through a hinged windshield, a T-tail, fixed conventional landing gear and twin engines in tractor configuration.

[1] The aircraft has mixed construction, with the forward fuselage made from fibreglass and the tail cone of aluminium sheet.

The wings and tail are all-aluminium, while the control surfaces are aluminium frames covered in doped aircraft fabric.

[1] One example was registered in 2001 in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration in the amateur-built category, but on 18 October 2004 it was deregistered and exported to Ukraine.