Cessna Citation Mustang

Launched at the 2002 NBAA convention, the $2.4 million Mustang first flew on April 23, 2005.[1] 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.[3]

In 2018, used 2009-2016 Mustangs were priced at $1.85-2.5 million.[11]

On ramp with spoilers extended

Cabin interior

The Mustang is a low-wing, cantilever monoplane with a swept 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.[12]

Cessna Citation Mustang instrument panel

A Mustang PW615F engine uncowled

Data from Cessna Aircraft Company[13]

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: 390 mph (630 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

• Garmin G1000

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 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.[2]

• 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 one passenger and the two crew members 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.[14]

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Eclipse 500 / 550
• Embraer Phenom 100
• Cessna Citation M2
• HondaJet
• Cirrus Vision SF50

Related lists

• List of very light jets

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