Cessna 152
Target for the Cessna 152
30 to 60fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm; under 30 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 60ktat 757 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 50 to 200mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
The 152 is the small-engine, two-seat trainer, slower than the 172, more responsive in pitch, with a narrower margin between approach speed and stall. If the 172 is the workhorse, the 152 is the gymnast, short coupled, light, and quick to react to inputs.
Landing technique.
Final approach: 55 to 65 KIAS with flaps down, from the POH's normal-landing procedure.
Tight glide, the 152 doesn't have the energy to recover a botched approach. Be on speed and on glidepath, or go around.
Round-out at 15 to 20 ft. Pull-back to maintain ~2 ft above the runway and let the speed bleed.
Land on the mains first; the 152 is short-coupled, fly the nose wheel down slowly.
Pattern speeds: 70 downwind, 65 base, 60 final, 55 over the threshold. Stable approach matters more here than in heavier iron.
Common mistakes.
Approaching too fast, at 65 over the threshold you'll float halfway down the runway.
Drop landings from too high a round-out, the 152 has less energy reserve than the 172.
Late round-out, pilots used to faster aircraft round out too low and slam the mains.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Model
- 152
- Variant
- 152 (standard, 1977-85)
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 757 kg (1,669 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Default Std
- Category
- Light Single-Engine GA
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