Cessna Aircraft expects to finish American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) compliance testing of the latest iteration of its 162 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft (LSA) "soon" despite a ...

Things aren't going all that well for Cessna and it's eagerly anticipated SkyCatcher light plane program. During a test flight last week, a prototype of the plane crashed while in a planned "rapid and ...

The crash of Cessna’s second Model 162 SkyCatcher shared common issues with the first SkyCatcher crash in September – both occurred while the aircraft were undergoing “aggressive” spin testing and ...

Cessna chief executive Jack Pelton says the company will stand by its light sport single-engine entry level SkyCatcher aircraft despite having the second prototype crash in spin testing on 19 March.

A student pilot unexpectedly entered two spins during solo full-power stall practice, caused by incorrectly configured flaps (extended instead of retracted for a departure stall). The pilot ...