Cessna 404 Titan
| Cessna 404 Titan | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Light passenger/cargo aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Cessna |
| Number built | 396 |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1976–1982 |
| Introduction date | 1976 |
| First flight | February 26, 1975 |
| Developed from | Cessna 402 |
| Developed into | Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II Cessna 441 Conquest II |
The Cessna 404 Titan is an American twin-engined, light aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft. It was the company's largest twin piston-engined aircraft at the time of its development in the 1970s. Its US military designation is C-28, and Swedish Air Force designation Tp 87.[1]
Design and development
The Cessna 404 was a development of the Cessna 402 with an enlarged vertical tail and other changes. The prototype first flew on February 26, 1975. It is powered by two 375 hp/280 kW turbocharged Continental Motors GTSIO-520 piston engines. Two versions were offered originally; the Titan Ambassador passenger aircraft for ten passengers, and the Titan Courier utility aircraft for passengers or cargo. By early 1982 seven different variants were available, including a pure cargo version, the Titan Freighter. The Freighter was fitted with a strengthened floor, cargo doors, and its interior walls and ceiling were made from impact-resistant polycarbonate materials to minimize damage in the event of cargo breaking free in-flight.
Variants
- Titan Ambassador – Basic 10-seat passenger aircraft.
- Titan Ambassador II – Ambassador with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Ambassador III – Ambassador with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Courier – Convertible passenger/cargo version.
- Titan Courier II – Courier with factory fitted avionics.
- Titan Freighter – Cargo version.
- Titan Freighter II – Freighter with factory fitted avionics.
- C-28A Titan – Designation given to two aircraft purchased by the United States Navy.[2]
Operators
Civilian operators
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- Hinterland Aviation
- Aero Logistics
- East Coast Airlines
- Par Avion
- ZanAir
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- Coastal Air
- Flint Air Service
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Military operators
- Colombian Air Force - 2 used by SATENA.[4]
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- Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force – 1 acquired 1979.[6]
- United States Navy (as the C-28A)
- Puerto Rico Police Department Two C404
Accidents and incidents
- On July 21, 1980 a Cessna 404 departing the Grand Canyon Airport for Phoenix, Arizona experienced an engine failure on take-off due to foreign material, improper maintenance, and improper procedures. All eight persons aboard (seven passengers and one crew member) were killed.[11]
- On September 3, 1999, Edinburgh Air Charter Flight 3W had an engine failure shortly after takeoff, tried to return to Glasgow but crashed short of the runway. 8 of the 11 people on board died. The plane was carrying Air tours employees. [12][13]
- On December 26, 2002, a Boeing 737 of TAAG Angola Airlines as Flight 572 collided with a Cessna 404 which took off from Windhoek Eros Airport. The people on board the 737 and the sole pilot of the Cessna survived unharmed.[14]
- On 22 November 2008 Gum Air's Cessna 404 Titan, registered PZ-TVC made a forced landing on the road near Gusterie, Suriname, after engine failures. The aircraft came to rest in the bushes and was reported destroyed. No injuries or fatalities occurred in this accident.[15]
Specifications (Ambassador I)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81[16]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 6–8 passengers
- Length: 39 ft 6+1⁄4 in (12.046 m)
- Wingspan: 46 ft 8+1⁄4 in (14.230 m)
- Height: 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
- Wing area: 242.0 sq ft (22.48 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 9.0:1
- Empty weight: 4,816 lb (2,185 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 8,400 lb (3,810 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 340 US gal (280 imp gal; 1,300 L)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 267 mph (430 km/h, 232 kn) at 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
- Cruise speed: 188 mph (302 km/h, 163 kn) (econ cruise) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Stall speed: 81 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn) flaps down, power off
- Never exceed speed: 274 mph (441 km/h, 238 kn) (Calibrated airspeed)
- Range: 2,120 mi (3,410 km, 1,840 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 26,000 ft (7,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,575 ft/min (8.00 m/s)
- Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): 2,367 ft (721 m)
- Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 2,130 ft (650 m)
See also
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Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
- ^ Urban Fredriksson (October 4, 2006). "Swedish Military Aircraft Designations". Retrieved September 26, 2012.
- ^ Johnson 2013, p. 375
- ^ Hagedorn 1993, p. 140
- ^ Gaines Flight International 6 November 1982, p. 1386
- ^ Hagedorn 1993, p. 111
- ^ Air International April 1986, p. 170
- ^ Hagedorn 1993, p. 138
- ^ ANUARIO LATINOAMERICANO DE DEFENSA 2020. Grupo Edefa. 2020. p. 176.
- ^ "FDRA - Fuerza Aérea: Fuerzas Aéreas: Fuerza Aérea - Ejército de Nicaragua". December 2015.
- ^ Gaines Flight International 6 November 1982, p. 1374
- ^ Summary of NTSB report into the crash of Cessna 404 N2683S retrieved 22 January 2009.
- ^ "Eight die in plane crash". BBC News. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ "Horror of plane crash scene". Herald Scotland. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
- ^ Incident description for D2-TBD at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Aircraft database" (TXT). Lanewers.net. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ Taylor 1980, pp. 326–327
- "Always Ready: Hong Kong's Auxiliaries". Air International. Vol. 30, no. 4. April 1986. pp. 168–171, 174.
- Hagedorn, Daniel P. (1993). Central American and Caribbean Air Forces. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-210-6.
- Gaines, Mike (November 6, 1982). "World's Air Forces 1982". Flight International. Vol. 122, no. 3835. pp. 1327–1388.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Johnson, E.R. (2013). American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0786462698.
- Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury, England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.
- Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1980). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0705-9.
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