
The Cessna 152 is an American two-seat, fixed-tricycle-gear, general aviation airplane, used primarily for flight training and personal use. It was based on the earlier Cessna 150 incorporating a number of minor design changes and a slightly more powerful engine with a longer time between overhaul.
The Cessna 152 has been out of production for more than thirty years, but many are still airworthy and are still in regular use for flight training.
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger (plus two children not exceeding 120 lb (54 kg) on optional baggage compartment bench seat)
- Length: 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
- Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
- Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,081 lb (490 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,670 lb (757 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-L2C flat-4 engine, 110 hp (82 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch, 69-inch (180 cm) McCauley or 72-inch Sensenich propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 126 mph (203 km/h, 109 kn)
- Cruise speed: 123 mph (198 km/h, 107 kn)
- Stall speed: 49 mph (79 km/h, 43 kn) (power off, flaps down)
- Range: 477 mi (768 km, 415 nmi)
- Ferry range: 795 mi (1,279 km, 691 nmi) with long-range tanks
- Service ceiling: 14,700 ft (4,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 715 ft/min (3.63 m/s)