The Cessna 406 Was Used in the Book Hatchet. It Was Used Too Fly to His Dad S House. To

Cessna 406

The Cessna 406 was used in the book Hatchet. It was used too fly to his dad’s house. To bad the pilot had a heart attack and the plane crashed and the pilot died. There was one person who survived named Brian! Here is some information about the Cessna 406.

The Cessna 406 is a small single engine plane. Only two seated plane so it is really small. It has a verily big engine because it is mainly used for caring cargo. Clyde Cessna built his first Cessna out of wood and fabric and flew it between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. They did that on June 1911. Don’t know the real date but in was in June in 1911. Its industry is Aerospace. It was found in 1927 as a company. Its headquarters is in Wichita, Kansas. Some key people were Jack J. Pelton (chairman, president, and CEO.) Employees - 15 000 in 2008. The Cessna 406 can travel up to the speed of 455 KM or 283 MPH. The Cessna 406 is 11.89 M in length and 4.01M in height. The wingspan is 15.08. Its empty weight is 4520 KG.

Those are some key facts about the Cessna 406. It is a super small plane but as a very large engine and if your engine dies you are in a lot of trouble you will most likely to end up like the pilot.

Jarid Morhart