Cirrus SR20

what is it?

The Cirrus SR20 is an American piston-engined, four- or five-seat composite monoplane built since 1999 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota. The aircraft is the company's earliest type-certified model, earning certification in 1998. It was the first production general aviation (GA) aircraft equipped with a parachute to lower the airplane safely to the ground after a loss of control, structural failure, or midair collision.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 287 km/hcruise speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,383 kgmax take-off weight
• built 2,084made 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 31 years ago, in 1995.
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.7 m: about 3 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

1995-03-21

number built

2,084

role

light aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Cirrus Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Continental IO-360-ES

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.9 m

wingspan

11.7 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,383 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

287 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,334 m

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