The Cessna Citation Mustang is a very light jet that was built by Cessna. Launched at the 2002 NBAA convention, the Model 510 first flew on April 23, 2005. It received its FAA type certification on September 8, 2006, and was first delivered on November 22. Production ended in 2017 after 479 aircraft were built. The 8,645 lb (3,921 kg) maximum take-off weight jet is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F 1,460 lbf (6.5 kN) turbofans, can reach 340 kn (630 km/h), and has a range of 1,167 nmi (2,161 km).
| Citation Mustang | |
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 The Citation Mustang is a light business jet with twin aft-mounted turbofans. | |
| General information | |
| Type | Business jet |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Cessna |
| Status | Out of production |
| Primary users | GlobeAir AG, Hoersching, Austria (16)[1] |
| Number built | 479[2] |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 2006–2017 |
| Introduction date | 2006 |
| First flight | April 23, 2005[3] |
Development
editLaunched at the 2002 NBAA convention, the $2.4 million Mustang first flew on April 23, 2005.[3] 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.[4] Cessna delivered the first production LJ on November 22, 2006, the same day the FAA awarded Cessna with the necessary certification.[5] Dave and Dawn Goode of GOODE Ski Technologies received the first retail delivered Cessna Mustang on April 23, 2007.[6]
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.[7] In 2015, its unit cost was US$3.35 million.[8]
Cessna ended production of the design in May 2017 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 it can operate from similar-length runways and requires the more-common C/E-525 type rating, which potentially reduces training and crewing costs over the Mustang.[9][10] A total of 479 examples of the Citation Mustang were produced.[2]
In 2018, used 2009-2016 Mustangs were priced at $1.85-2.5 million.[11]
In 2019, a test aircraft using a modified Mustang fuselage but powered by a single turboprop engine, aircraft registration N350CE, was photographed by a Wichita engineer. A Cessna vice president interviewed by AvWeb confirmed the existence of the aircraft and said that Cessna had been considering producing a new model to fill the gap between the Mustang and the Cessna 350 Corvalis, but characterized the test aircraft as a "technology demonstrator" rather than a proof of concept vehicle or a prototype, and would not confirm plans for production.[12]
Design
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The Mustang is a low-wing, cantilever monoplane with a tapered wing, T-tail, and retractable tricycle 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. In its standard configuration, the Mustang has four passenger seats in the aft cabin, a toilet, and seating for two in the cockpit. The airframe is primarily of aluminum alloy construction and has a three-spar wing. Power is provided by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofans mounted in pods on the aft fuselage. The aircraft was built at the Cessna production facility in Independence, Kansas. Like many other light jets, the Mustang is approved for single-pilot operation.[13]
Specifications
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Data from Cessna Aircraft Company[14]
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two pilots
- Capacity: 4 to 5 passengers and 3130 lb (1420 kg) useful load
- Length: 40 ft 7 in (12.37 m)
- Wingspan: 43 ft 2 in (13.16 m)
- Height: 13 ft 5 in (4.09 m)
- Empty weight: 5,600 lb (2,540 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 8,645 lb (3,930 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofans, 1,460 lbf (6.5 kN) thrust each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 483 mph (777 km/h, 420 kn)
- Cruise speed: 391 mph (629 km/h, 340 kn)
- Range: 1,343 mi (2,161 km, 1,167 nmi) (at max. takeoff weight)
- Service ceiling: 41,000 ft (12,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 3,010 ft/min (15.3 m/s)
- Thrust/weight: 0.337 (at max. takeoff weight)
- Takeoff distance: 3,110 ft (948 m)
- Landing distance: 2,380 ft (729 m)
Avionics
Operators
editHalf 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 registered 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.There are 4 Certified Full Flight Simulators available in the world for this aircraft type:Rome Monterotondo, Italy; Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; Wichita, Kansas, USA; and Farnborough, UK.[1]
| Year | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deliveries[2] | 1 | 45 | 101 | 125 | 73 | 43 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 479 |
Accidents
edit- On Thursday, 14 December 2017, a Mustang registered as OE-FWD, operated by Skytaxi Luftfahrt from Egelsbach Airport, crashed while on approach to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, 15 km from the runway. The crash killed the flight's one passenger and the two crew members, including its captain, who was company CEO and chief pilot Adi Anderst. This was the type's first fatal accident and its first major accident in a decade.[15]
See also
editAircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
edit- ^ a b c Fred George (December 21, 2016). "Operators Survey: Cessna Citation Mustang". Business & Commercial Aviation. Aviation Week.
- ^ a b c "2017 Annual Report" (PDF). General Aviation Manufacturers Association. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018.
- ^ a b "Cessna's Citation Mustang Takes to the Sky" (Press release). Wichita, KS: Textron. April 26, 2005. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ "Cessna Citation Mustang Cleared for Flight Into Known Icing Conditions" (Press release). Wichita, KS: Textron. November 9, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- ^ Trautvetter, Chad (November 22, 2006). "Cessna Beats Out Eclipse In First VLJ Delivery". AVweb. Retrieved November 29, 2006.
- ^ "Cessna Delivers First Retail Citation Mustang" (Press release). Independence, KS: Textron. April 24, 2007. Retrieved July 18, 2007.
- ^ Aero-News Network (January 3, 2011). "Aero-TV: Cessna's 'High Sierra' Mustang - Cost Effective Luxury at FL410". Archived from the original on December 13, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Business Jets Specification and Performance Data" (PDF). Business & Commercial Aviation. Aviation Week. May 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
- ^ Rapoport, Geoff (May 11, 2017). "Cessna Ends Mustang Production". AVweb. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
- ^ Chad Trautvetter (May 11, 2017). "Textron Ceases Production of Cessna Citation Mustang". Aviation International News.
- ^ Mark Huber (December 2018). "For many models, market hitting the apex" (PDF). Aviation International News. pp. 20–21, 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
- ^ "First Turboprop Mustang Photos". avweb.com. AvWeb. April 12, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
- ^ McClellan, J. Mac (February 2008). "Learning to Fly the Mustang". Pilot Reports. Flying. Vol. 135, no. 2. Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. p. 53. ISSN 0015-4806. Retrieved June 27, 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Citation Mustang Specifications". Cessna Aircraft Company. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
- ^ Curt Epstein (December 15, 2017). "European Mustang Crash Claims Three". AIN.
External links
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- Manufacturer's website
- FAA Type Certificate A00014WI Archived December 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine