4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Cessna 162 Riddle: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Cessna 162 Skycatcher N5201K 0998: Ahunt· Public domain
- 3. Cessna 162 Skycatcher N5201K 1003: Ahunt· Public domain
- 4. Cessna 162 Skycatcher N5201K 1010: Ahunt· Public domain
what is it?
The Cessna 162 Skycatcher is an American side-by-side two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, tricycle gear light-sport aircraft (LSA) that was designed and produced by Cessna between December 2009 and December 2013. Its intended market was flight training and personal use. The Skycatcher received its ASTM LSA approval in July 2009.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 20 years ago, in 2006.
- Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2006-10-13
- introduced
- 2009
- number built
- 192
- role
- personal use and flight training aircraft
- makers
- Cessna
- engines
- 1× Continental O-200D
- length
- 7 m
- wingspan
- 9.1 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 599 kg
- top speed
- 219 km/h
- cruise speed
- 207 km/h
- range
- 870 km
- ceiling
- 4,724 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1057063, Wikipedia: Cessna 162 Skycatcher (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.