Incidents and accidents[edit]

• On 9 May 1989, a man who had murdered his ex-wife earlier that evening stole a
Cessna 152T at gunpoint from an employee at Beverly Municipal Airport. During
the flight, which lasted over three hours, Alfred James Hunter III fired a semi-
automatic AK-47 rifle[18][19][20] at the ground below, buzzed the South Postal Annex
in Boston several times, and briefly touched down at Logan International
Airport before taking off again. He was arrested when he finally landed with just
five minutes' worth of fuel remaining.[21]
• On 24 May 2001, a Cessna 152 violated Israeli airspace and was shot down by
an IDAF AH-64 Apache. Estephan Nicolian, a Lebanese student pilot, was shot
down after ignoring repeated warnings by Israeli ATC to turn back. This is one of
the two only-known operational air-to-air kills using an AGM-114
Hellfire missile.[22][23]

Specifications (Cessna 152)[edit]

Plan view of a Cessna 152

Data from Cessna 152 Pilot's Operating Handbook[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger (plus two children not exceeding 120 lb (54 kg) on
optional baggage compartment bench seat)
• Length: 24 ft 1 in (7.34 m)
• Wingspan: 33 ft 4 in (10.16 m)
• Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
• Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m2)
• Empty weight: 1,081 lb (490 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,670 lb (757 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-L2C flat-4 engine, 110 hp (82 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch, 69-inch (180 cm) McCauley or 72-
inch Sensenich propeller
Performance

• Maximum speed: 126 mph (203 km/h, 109 kn)

• Cruise speed: 123 mph (198 km/h, 107 kn)
• Stall speed: 49 mph (79 km/h, 43 kn) (power off, flaps down)
• Range: 477 mi (768 km, 415 nmi)
• Ferry range: 795 mi (1,279 km, 691 nmi) with long-range tanks
• Service ceiling: 14,700 ft (4,500 m)
 • Rate of climb: 715 ft/min (3.63 m/s)

See also[edit]

• Aviation portal

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• Cessna 140
• Cessna 150
• Cessna 162
• Cessna 172
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References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h Clarke, William ‘Bill’ (1987), Cessna 150 and 152 (1st ed.), TAB
Books, pp. 26–95, ISBN 0-8306-9022-0.
2. ^ Jump up to:a b "1978 Aircraft Directory", Plane and Pilot, Santa Monica, CA: Werner &
Werner, p. 23, 1977, ISBN 0-918312-00-0.
3. ^ "Cessna Announces Light Sport Aircraft Details" (press release). Cessna Aircraft. 2007-
07-22. Archived from the originalon 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
4. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g Cessna Aircraft Company: 1978 Cessna 152 Pilot's Operating
Handbook Change 1, pp. 7-3 to 7-33. Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, 1977.
5. ^ Phillips, Edward H.: Wings of Cessna, Model 120 to the Citation III, p. 12, Flying Books,
1986. ISBN 0-911139-05-2
6. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h Clarke, Bill: Cessna 150 and 152 first edition, pp. 197–212. TAB
Books, 1987. ISBN 0-8306-9022-0.
7. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Grimstead, Bob: Texas Taildragger 152, pp. 14–22. Pilot Magazine UK,
January 2007.
8. ^ Lycoming, "Lycoming Service Instruction No. 1009AU"Archived January 2, 2013, at
the Wayback Machine.Lycoming, November 18, 2009.
9. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Simpson 1991, p. 97.
10. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A19" (PDF) . Federal Aviation
Administration. 28 March 2008. Retrieved 30 Nov 2011.
11. ^ Chris Thornburg. "World Air Forces Argentina Air Force". Worldairforces.com. Archived
from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
12. ^ "Cessna 152 Basic Training Aircraft". Asia Pacific Defence Solutions Group. 2009.
Retrieved 2009-02-23.
13. ^ Siegrist 1987, pp. 175, 194.
 14. ^ Andrade 1982, p. 28.
15. ^ Andrade 1982, p. 77.
16. ^ Andrade 1982, p. 147.
17. ^ Chris Thornburg. "World Air Forces Mexico Air Force". Worldairforces.com. Archived
from the original on 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
18. ^ https://law.justia.com/cases/massachusetts/supreme-
court/volumes/416/416mass831.html
19. ^ http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/427/427mass651.html
20. ^ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/10/Suspect-steals-plane-fires-down-on-city-
before-giving-up/9843610776000/
21. ^ "Man kills wife, steals plane". Associated Press. May 10, 1989. Retrieved 12
August 2011.
22. ^ Horesh, Amikam, Sharon Roffe, Jonathan Lis, Raanan Ben-Zur and Ali Waked. (July
2011). "Lebanese Cessna plane was shot down over the trawl (Hebrew
language)". Yedioth Internet. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
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2001. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

• Andrade, John (1979). US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909.
Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
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• Siegrist, Martin (October 1987). "Bolivian Air Power — 70 Years On". Air
International. Vol. 33 no. 4. pp. 170–176, 194. ISSN 0306-5634.
• Simpson, RW (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. England, UK: Airlife
Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.

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