Cessna 350 Corvalis

{{Short description|American light aircraft produced (2000–2010)}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use American English|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox aircraft |name=Cessna 350 Corvalis |image=File:Cessna 350 603.jpg |caption= |type=Personal aircraft |manufacturer= Columbia<br>Cessna |designer= |first_flight=July 1996 |introduction= |retired= |status=Production completed 2010<ref name="AvWeb29Mar11">{{Cite news|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR-tRGCclMY|title = Video: Cessna's New Corvalis TTx at Sun 'n Fun|accessdate = 30 March 2011|last = Bertorelli|first = Paul|date=March 2011| work = AvWeb}}</ref> |primary_user= |more_users= |produced= 2000–2010 |number_built= |variants=Cessna 400 }}

[[File:Cessna350N2546W01.jpg|thumb|right|Columbia 350 at Sun 'n Fun 2006]] thumb|View of the nose of the aircraft The '''Cessna 350 Corvalis''' is a composite construction, single-engine, normally aspirated, fixed-gear, low-wing general aviation aircraft that was built by Cessna Aircraft until the end of 2010.<ref name="AvWeb29Mar11" /><ref name="Cessna350">{{cite web |url=http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/cessna-350.html |title=Low Wing. High performance. |accessdate=2009-01-17 |last=Cessna |author-link=Cessna |date=January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120115629/http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/cessna-350.html |archive-date=2009-01-20 }}</ref>

The aircraft was formerly built by Columbia Aircraft and called the '''Columbia 350''' until late 2007.<ref name="Textron">{{cite web|url=http://investor.textron.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=110047&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1081833&highlight= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712141724/http://investor.textron.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=110047&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1081833&highlight= |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Textron's Cessna Aircraft Company to Acquire Assets of Columbia Aircraft |accessdate=2007-11-28 |last=Textron |date=November 2007 }}</ref>

==Design and development==

===Columbia 300=== Developed as the Model LC40-550FG (for ''Lancair Certified, Model 40, Continental 550 engine, Fixed Gear'') and marketed under the name '''Columbia 300''', the aircraft was certified on September 18, 1998.<ref name="A00003SE">{{cite web|url = http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/2c9a807e8a15cec9862573d20051899d/$FILE/A00003SE.pdf|title = TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET A00003SE Revision 22|accessdate = 2008-09-23|last = Federal Aviation Administration|author-link = Federal Aviation Administration|date = January 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721040215/http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgMakeModel.nsf/0/2c9a807e8a15cec9862573d20051899d/$FILE/A00003SE.pdf|archive-date = 2011-07-21|url-status = dead}}</ref> Deliveries began in February 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=263|title = The Lancair LC-40 Columbia 300/350/400|accessdate = 2015-09-08|last = Airliners.net}}</ref>

The 300 is powered by a Teledyne Continental Model IO-550-N engine of 310 horsepower (230 kW) at 2700 rpm. The aircraft's maximum takeoff weight is 3400 lb (1542 kg) and the maximum landing weight is 3230 lb (1465 kg).<ref name="A00003SE"/>

The 300 has a certified airframe life of 25,200 flight hours.<ref name="A00003SE"/>

===Columbia 350=== The Columbia 300 was upgraded with a glass cockpit and other improvements developed for the turbocharged Columbia 400. It was certified on March 30, 2003 as the Model LC42-550FG (for ''Lancair Certified, Model 42, Continental 550 engine, Fixed Gear'') and marketed as the Columbia 350.<ref name="A00003SE" />

Like the 300, the 350 is powered by a Teledyne Continental IO-550-N powerplant producing 310 horsepower (230 kW) at 2700 rpm. The 350 has the same takeoff and landing weights as the 300; maximum takeoff weight is 3400 lb (1542 kg) and the maximum landing weight is 3230 lb (1465 kg).<ref name="A00003SE" />

Like the 300 and 400, the 350 has a certified airframe life of 25,200 flight hours.<ref name="A00003SE" />

Initially sold simply as the Cessna 350, the aircraft was given the marketing name ''Corvalis'' by Cessna on 14 January 2009. The name is a derivation of the town of Corvallis, Oregon, which is west of the Bend, Oregon, location of the Cessna plant that built the aircraft, prior to closing the plant and relocating production to Independence, Kansas, in 2009.<ref name="Cessna350" /><ref name="Corvalis">{{cite web |url=http://www.cessna.com/NewReleases/FeaturedNews/NewReleaseNumber-1192260253604.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118052457/http://www.cessna.com/NewReleases/FeaturedNews/NewReleaseNumber-1192260253604.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-18 |title=Cessna Debuts 350 Corvalis and 400 Corvalis TT |accessdate=2009-01-17 |last=Cessna |author-link=Cessna |date=January 2009 }}</ref><ref name="AvWeb29Apr09">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaWillSuspendColumbusProgramAndCloseBendFactory_200284-1.html|title = Cessna Will Suspend Columbus Program, Close Bend Factory|accessdate = 2009-04-30|last = Grady|first = Mary|date = April 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090724145804/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/CessnaWillSuspendColumbusProgramAndCloseBendFactory_200284-1.html|archive-date = 2009-07-24|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="FlyingMagMay09">{{cite web|url = http://www.flyingmag.com/news/1510/cessna-closes-oregon-factory-suspends-large-jet-program.html|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130208074015/http://www.flyingmag.com/news/1510/cessna-closes-oregon-factory-suspends-large-jet-program.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = February 8, 2013|title = Cessna Closes Oregon Factory; Suspends Large-Jet Program|accessdate = 2009-05-11|last = Phelps|first = Mark|date = May 2009}}</ref>

In April 2009, Cessna announced that it would close the Bend, Oregon factory where the Cessna 350 was produced and move production to Independence, Kansas, with the composite construction moved to Mexico. The production line was restarted in October 2009 at the Cessna Independence paint facility, initially at a rate of one aircraft in six months. This was to allow the new workers, plus the 30 employees transferred from Bend, to gain experience and also allow Cessna the opportunity to retail its unsold inventory of Cessna 350s and 400s. The company had anticipated moving the 350/400 production into a permanent facility by the end of 2009.<ref name="AvWeb29Apr09" /><ref name="AvWeb09Oct09">{{cite web|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_corvalis_production_201287-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304192243/http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_corvalis_production_201287-1.html|url-status = live|archive-date = 2016-03-04|title = Cessna Resumes Corvalis Production, Not In Bend |accessdate = 2009-10-12|last = Pew|first = Glenn|date=October 2009}}</ref>

In December 2010, a Cessna 400 that was being test flown at the factory developed a fuel leak, the cause of which was determined to be that the aircraft had "suffered a significant structural failure in the wing during a production acceptance flight test. The wing skin disbonded from the upper forward wing spar. The length of the disbond was approximately 7 feet." As a result, the FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive affecting seven Cessna 400s and one 350, all on the production line. The AD did not affect any customer aircraft in service, but did delay deliveries.<ref name="Avweb11Dec10">{{Cite news|url = http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Composite_Issue_Stops_Corvalis_Deliveries_203778-1.html|title = Composite Issue Stops Corvalis Deliveries|accessdate = 13 December 2010|last = Niles|first = Russ|date=December 2010| work = AvWeb}}</ref><ref name="FAAAD2010-26-53">{{Cite web|url = http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/4E1AE86FA2B07CD5862577F50076B24E?OpenDocument|title = Airworthiness Directive AD 2010-26-53|accessdate = 13 December 2010|last = Federal Aviation Administration|author-link = Federal Aviation Administration|date = December 2010|archive-date = March 10, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180310074250/http://rgl.faa.gov/regulatory_and_guidance_library/rgad.nsf/0/4e1ae86fa2b07cd5862577f50076b24e?opendocument|url-status = dead}}</ref>

In March 2011, Cessna announced that the model was out of production and removed marketing information from its website.<ref name="AvWeb29Mar11" />

==Specifications (Cessna 350)== {{Aircraft specs |ref=Cessna Aircraft<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/cessna-350/cessna-350-specifications.html |title=The Cessna 350 |accessdate=2008-09-24 |last=Cessna Aircraft |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205083333/http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/cessna-350/cessna-350-specifications.html |archive-date=2008-12-05 }}</ref> |prime units?=kts  |genhide=

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