Cessna 172 POH Excerpts

These are given here only to illustrate some of the basic operating limitations of this aircraft and should never be substituted for the complete POH for any kind of flight planning purposes.


Gross wt: 2300 lbs

Speed:

Cruise, 75% pwr @ 9,000 ft: 132 mph

Cruise, 75% pwr @ 5,000 ft: 128 mph

Range:

Cruise: 75% pwr 9,000 ft, 38 gal.: 620 mi.

Optimum: 10,000 ft, 38 gal.: 780 mi.

Rate of Climb at sea level: 645 fpm

Service ceiling: 13,100 ft

Mzximum Glide best speed: 80 mph

Take-Off:

Ground Run: 865 ft

Total Distance over 50' obstacle: 1,250 ft

Stall Speed:

Flaps up, power off: 57 mph

Flaps down, power off: 49 mph

Empty wt: 1405.5 lbs

Useful load: 894.5

Baggage: 120 lbs

Fuel capacity: 42 gal

Oil capacity: 8 qt.

Engine:

Lycoming engine 150 hp @ 2700 rpm O-320-E2D