Cessna 205
The Cessna 205 is a six-seat, fixed-gear single built on a stretched Cessna 182 airframe, offering more cabin space and payload than the standard four-seat Skylane without the complexity of retractable landing gear. Its simple, fixed-gear design kept maintenance and insurance costs lower than the retractable-gear 210 it's closely related to, while still carrying a full load of passengers and baggage. Cessna produced it for only a few years before folding its improvements into later 206 and 210 models. It remains a comparatively uncommon type today, overshadowed by its more numerous stablemates.
Did you know?
A fixed-gear, six-seat cousin of the retractable-gear 210, the 205 traded a little speed for simpler, cheaper upkeep.
Specifications
| Length | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Height | 2.8 m (9 ft) |
| Maximum passengers | 5 |
| Persons on board | 6 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 1.5 t |
| Range | 630 NM (1,167 km) |
| Maximum speed | 150 kt (278 km/h) |
| Stall speed | 50 kt (93 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | 15,700 ft (4,785 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 12,000 ft (3,658 m) |
| Rate of climb | 965 ft/min (4.9 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 209 m (686 ft) |
| Landing distance | 350 m (1,148 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 300 l |
| Engines | 1x Continental IO-470 |
| Units built | 550 |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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