Cessna 402
E132331
The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cessna 402 canonical | 9 |
| Cessna 401 | 1 |
| Cessna 402 Businessliner | 1 |
| Cessna 402A | 1 |
| Cessna 402B | 1 |
| Cessna 402C | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1129067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cessna 402 Context triple: [Cape Air, fleetIncludes, Cessna 402]
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A.
Cessna 208 Caravan
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engine turboprop utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger service, cargo transport, and short takeoff and landing operations.
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B.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
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C.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Twin Otter
The Twin Otter is a rugged, twin‑engine turboprop utility aircraft renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use on regional and remote routes.
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E.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cessna 402 Target entity description: The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
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A.
Cessna 208 Caravan
The Cessna 208 Caravan is a single-engine turboprop utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger service, cargo transport, and short takeoff and landing operations.
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B.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
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C.
Cessna O-2 Skymaster
The Cessna O-2 Skymaster is a military twin-boom, push-pull configuration aircraft used primarily by the U.S. Air Force for forward air control and reconnaissance during the Vietnam War.
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D.
Twin Otter
The Twin Otter is a rugged, twin‑engine turboprop utility aircraft renowned for its short takeoff and landing capabilities and use on regional and remote routes.
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E.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air taxi aircraft
ⓘ
commuter aircraft ⓘ light twin-engine aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftType | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | aluminum alloy ⓘ |
| cabinConfiguration | removable seats for cargo ⓘ |
| cabinType | unpressurized ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedFor |
ease of maintenance
ⓘ
low operating cost ⓘ short-haul routes ⓘ |
| designGoal | operate from short and unimproved runways ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | piston ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1965 ⓘ |
| introduced | 1967 ⓘ |
| landingGearType | retractable tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Cessna ⓘ |
| marketedAs |
Cessna 402 Businessliner
ⓘ
linked to:
Cessna 402
|
| marketSegment |
charter operators
ⓘ
corporate transport ⓘ small regional airlines ⓘ |
| maximumCruiseSpeed | approximately 230 knots ⓘ |
| maximumPassengerCapacity | 9 ⓘ |
| notableOperator |
Bahamasair (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Bahamasair
Cape Air ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| powerplant | two Continental TSIO-520 piston engines ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
air taxi operations
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ regional commuter service ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1985 ⓘ |
| propulsion | twin constant-speed propellers ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1300 nautical miles ⓘ |
| role |
air ambulance
ⓘ
cargo transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 26000 feet ⓘ |
| status | out of production ⓘ |
| successor | Cessna 404 Titan ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffDistance | short-field capable ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity | 6 ⓘ |
| variant |
Cessna 402A
ⓘ
linked to:
Cessna 402
Cessna 402B ⓘ
linked to:
Cessna 402
Cessna 402C ⓘ
linked to:
Cessna 402
|
| wingConfiguration | cantilever low-wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cessna 402 Description of subject: The Cessna 402 is a twin-engine light aircraft commonly used for regional commuter, air taxi, and cargo operations due to its reliability and ability to serve short-haul routes.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Cessna 402
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subject linked to:
EVAS Air (former)
linked to: Cessna 402