Cessna 402

what is it?

The Cessna 401 and 402 are a series of 6 to 10 seat, light twin-piston engine aircraft. All seats are easily removable so that the aircraft can be used in an all-cargo configuration. Neither the Cessna 401 nor the 402 were pressurized, nor were they particularly fast for the installed power.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 13.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 428 km/htop speed
• range 2,358 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,107 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,535made in total

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 61 years ago, in 1965.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,358 km: 13× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1965

introduced

1967

status

still flying

number built

1,535

role

corporate transport and airliner

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Continental TSIO-520-VB

length

11.1 m

wingspan

13.4 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

3,107 kg

top speed

428 km/h

cruise speed

263 km/h

range

2,358 km

ceiling

8,199 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.