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- CESSNA 305
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| CESSNA 305 | |
|---|---|
| What it is | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental O-470-11 |
| Horsepower | 213 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | military-surplus |
| Production start | 1950 |
| Production end | 1959 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
| Performance | |
| Cruise speed | 90 KTAS |
| Range | 450 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,150 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 42 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 600 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 600 ft |
| Load and fuel | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Useful load | 786 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 540 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,400 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,614 lb |
| Usable fuel | 41 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 11.9 gal/h |
| Cost of ownership | |
| Price, low | $120,000 |
| Price, high | $200,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,500 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $40,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $55,000 |
| The fleet and its record | |
| Registered, all time | 6 |
| Active fleet | 4 |
| Median year built | 1951.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 4 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
| Peer scores | |
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
| Accident record1 | — |
| Severity2 | — |
| Access3 | 0.6 of 10 |
| Support4 | 2.2 of 10 |
| Liquidity5 | — |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown)6 | — |
- Accident record: class median 25 · 181 models in class.
- Severity: class median 5.
- Access: class median 987.
- Support: class median 72.
- Liquidity: class median 20.59.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.