Cessna 402

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PBA Fleet: Cessna 402

The Cessna 401 and 402 are a series of 6 to 10 seat, light twin, piston engine aircraft. This line was manufactured by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 under the name Utiliner and Businessliner. 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 horsepower. Instead, Cessna intended them to be inexpensive to purchase and operate.

The Cessna 401 and 402 were developed to be non-pressurized twin engine piston aircraft. Their goal was to be a workhorse, useful to cargo and small commuter airlines among other users.

The Cessna 401 and 402 were developments of the Cessna 411. One goal for the Cessna 401/402 was to improve upon the very bad single engine handling of the Cessna 411. Another goal was to avoid using the somewhat expensive and maintenance prone geared engines of the Cessna 411.

General Characteristics (402C)

Crew: Two pilots
Capacity: Six passengers
Length: 36 ft 4½ in / 11.087 m
Wingstrong: 44 ft 1½ in / 13.449 m
Height: 11 ft 5½ in / 3.493 m
Wing area: 225.8 sq ft / 20.98 m²
Airfoil: NACA 23018 (root) NACA 23015 (tip)
Operating Empty weight (OEW): 4,077 lb / 1,849 kg
Max takeoff weight (MTOW): 6,850 lb / 3,107 kg
Fuel capacity: 206 US gal / 172 imp gal / 780 L usable fuel

Performance (402C)

Powerplant: 2 × Continental TSIO-520-VB air-cooled turbocharged flat-six engines, 325 hp / 242 kW each
Propellers: 3-bladed McCauley 0850334-34 constant speed propeller
Maximum speed: 231 kts / 266 mph / 428 km/h at 16,000 ft / 4,900 m
Cruise speed: 142 kts / 163 mph / 263 km/h at 10,000 ft / 3,000 m (econ cruise)
Stall speed: 68 kts / 78 mph / 126 km/h (flaps down, power off) (CAS)
Never exceed speed: 231 kts / 266 mph / 428 km/h (CAS)
Range: 1,273 nmi / 1,465 mi / 2,358 km at 10,000 ft / 3,000 m, econ cruise
Service ceiling: 26,900 ft / 8,200 m
Rate of climb: 1,450 ft/min / 7.4 m/s
Takeoff distance to 50 ft / 15m: 2,195 ft / 669 m
Landing distance from 50 ft / 15m: 2,485 ft / 757 m

Three-View Drawing (402C)

The PBA Cessna 402 Fleet

Photos of the entire fleet of Cessna 402s are published below. Click on each of them for information and photos. Aircraft are sorted by Registration (N-Number) with prior registrations in parentheses where applicable.

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