The Cessna Citation Mustang, Model 510, is a very light jet (VLJ) class business jet built by Cessna Aircraft Company at their Independence, Kansas production facility. The Mustang, in standard configuration, has four passenger seats in the aft cabin, a toilet, and seating for two in the cockpit. Like most other light jets, the Mustang is approved for single-pilot operation.
The end of production was announced in May 2017, with just over 470 aircraft built over 12 years.
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Development
The Model 510 Mustang first flew on 23 April 2005. The airplane received full type certification from the Federal Aviation Administration on September 8, 2006. Cessna received FAA certification to fly into "known icing conditions" on November 9, 2006. Cessna delivered the first production LJ on November 22, 2006, the same day the FAA awarded Cessna with the necessary certification. Dave and Dawn Goode of GOODE Ski Technologies received the first retail delivered Cessna Mustang on April 23, 2007.
In 2010, Cessna launched an enhanced edition of the aircraft called the High Sierra, which features higher quality cabin furnishings and enhanced avionics, including synthetic vision.
Cessna ended production of the design in May 2017, with just over 470 examples produced. Production ended due to lack of customer demand for the aircraft, as a result of competition from the company's own Cessna Citation M2. The company had been selling an average of 40 Mustangs per year until the M2 was introduced in 2013 and then Mustang sales dropped to just 24 aircraft over the next three years. The M2 is a faster and larger aircraft, but can operate from similar length runways and requires only a single pilot with the C/E-525 type rating, which reduced training and crewing costs over the Mustang.
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Design
The Mustang is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a swept wing, T-tail and tricycle retractable landing gear. One main door is located in the forward left section of the aircraft, with an additional emergency exit on the center right section of the fuselage.
The airframe is primarily of aluminum alloy construction, with a three spar wing.
Power is provided by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofan engines, mounted in pods on the aft fuselage.
Specifications
Data from Cessna Aircraft Company
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two pilots
- Capacity: 4 to 5 passengers
- Length: 40 feet 7 inches (12.37 m)
- Wingspan: 43 feet 2 inches (13.16 m)
- Height: 13 feet 5 inches (4.09 m)
- Empty weight: 5600 lb (2540 kg)
- Useful load: 3130 lb (1420 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 8645 lb (3930 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofans, 1460 lb thrust (6.49 kN) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.63 (483 mph, 777 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 340 ktas (390 mph, 630 km/h)
- Range: 1167 nmi (at max. takeoff weight) (1,343 mi, 2,161 km)
- Service ceiling: 41000 ft (12500 m)
- Rate of climb: 3010 fpm (917 mpm)
- Thrust/weight: 0.337 (at max. takeoff weight)
- Takeoff distance: 3,110 ft (948 m)
- Landing distance: 2,380 ft (729 m)
Avionics
- Garmin G1000
Operators
Half of the fleet is in the U.S. and Canada, mostly operated by firms or individuals owning a single aircraft and typically flown by their owners, with some owners defraying a portion of the fixed operating costs by sharing use with air charters. Outside of North America, most are exclusively flown by third-party crews. Most of the other half of the fleet is based in Europe : 23 aircraft in the British Isles, 20 aircraft in Austria, 20 in France, 11 in Germany, six in the Czech Republic, five in Switzerland and four in Italy. In Latin America, Brazil has 31 aircraft, there are 10 in Mexico, three in Argentina, two in Venezuela and one each in Chile, Guatemala, Panama and Paraguay. In the Middle East four are in Turkey, as in Egypt and two are in Israel. Six are in Africa, nine in Australia and five in New Zealand.
Accidents
- On Thursday 14 December 2017, OE-FWD operated by Skytaxi Luftfahrt from Egelsbach Airport crashed approaching to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, 15 km from the runway, killing the lone passenger and the two crewmembers including its captain, company CEO and chief pilot Adi Anderst. This was the type's first fatal accident and its first major accident in a decade.
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Eclipse 500 / 550
- Embraer Phenom 100
- Cessna Citation M2
- HondaJet
- Cirrus Vision SF50
References
External links
- Manufacturer's website
- FAA Type Certificate A00014WI
Source of article : Wikipedia
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