Cessna 441 Conquest II

what is it?

The Cessna 441 Conquest II was the first turboprop-powered aircraft designed by Cessna and was intended to fill the gap between its piston-engined aircraft and business jets. Development of the Model 441 began in November 1974, with the first aircraft delivered in September 1977. It is a pressurized, twin-engine turboprop development of the Cessna 404 Titan.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 turboprops · low wing · retractable tricycle gear · 15 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 547 km/htop speed
• seats 10passengers
• size 4,468 kgmax take-off weight
• built 362made 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 52 years ago, in 1974.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 15 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.2× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.

spec sheet

first flight

1974

introduced

1977

number built

362

role

utility aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cessna

engines

2× Garrett TPE331-8-403S

crew

1

passengers

10

length

11.9 m

wingspan

15 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

4,468 kg

top speed

547 km/h

cruise speed

479 km/h

range

—

ceiling

10,668 m

wings

low wing

landing gear

retractable tricycle gear

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