Cessna 402

The Cessna 401 and 402 are a series of 6 to 10 seat, light twin-piston engine aircraft. This line was manufactured by Cessna from 1966 to 1985 under the name Utiliner and Businessliner. All seats are easily removable so that the aircraft can be used in an all-cargo configuration. Neither the Cessna 401 nor the 402 were pressurized, nor were they particularly fast for the installed power. Instead, Cessna intended them to be inexpensive to purchase and operate.

Variants

 * Cessna 401: Six to eight seat interior, intended for corporate transport. Produced 1966–1972. The replacement for the 401 in the corporate transport role was the 402 Businessliner variant. Certified on September 20th 1966.
 * Cessna 401A: A 401 with minor changes. Certified on October 29th 1968.
 * Cessna 401B: A 401A with minor changes, later replaced by the 402B. Certified on November 12th 1969.
 * Cessna 402: A 401 with either a utility (for freight) or nine-seat commuter use. Certified on September 20th 1966.
 * Cessna 402A: A 402 with a baggage compartment in lengthened nose and an optional crew entry door. Certified on January 3rd 1969.
 * Cessna 402B Utiliner/Businessliner: 402A with minor changes, from 1972 had increased cabin volume and five windows each side. Certified on November 12th 1969. Utiliner version has a ten-seat interior intended for commuter airline operations. Businessliner version has a six to eight-seat interior with executive seating intended for corporate transport.
 * Cessna 402C Utiliner/Businessliner: 402B with Continental TSIO-520-VB 325 hp engines, increased takeoff weight, longer wingspan without main tip tanks and hydraulic instead of electric landing gear. Certified on September 25th 1978.

Users

 * Barbados
 * Barbados Defence Force Air Wing
 * Bolivia
 * Bolivian Air Force
 * Bolivian Naval Force
 * Colombia
 * Colombian Air Force
 * Comoros
 * Comoros Police Defence Air Wing
 * Finland
 * Finnish Air Force
 * Haiti
 * Haiti Air Corps
 * Honduras
 * Honduran Air Force
 * Indonesia
 * Indonesian Air Force
 * Malaysia
 * Royal Malaysian Air Force
 * Mexico
 * Mexican Navy
 * Nicaragua
 * Contras
 * Portugal
 * Portuguese Air Force
 * Tanzania
 * Tanzania Air Force Command
 * Trinidad and Tobago
 * Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard
 * Venezuela
 * Venezuelan Navy
 * Venezuelan National Guard

Related Development

 * Cessna 411
 * Cessna 421