Y-5 aircraft is a safe, reliable, good performance, multi-purpose light aircraft, and has a good economy, easy to use and maintain, safe and reliable, etc., Y-5 not only can fly at low altitude, used for agricultural locust killing, seeding, fertilizer, forest protection and fire fighting, geological survey, prospecting, medical rescue, civil aviation passenger and cargo transport, the army training of parachute and parachute jumping, etc., and the addition of the turbocharger, it can also be used as an aerostat. After adding turbocharger, it is also able to carry out high-altitude flight, which is used for detecting high-altitude atmosphere and aerial measurement. If installed with water flight equipment, it can be used as a seaplane.
The main types of Y-5 are cargo type, passenger type, agricultural type, parachute and air support type, ambulance type and so on. In the touching "for sixty-one class brothers" in the implementation of the air rescue mission of the aircraft is the Y-5 aircraft; in the death of Premier Zhou Enlai, the Y-5 aircraft and undertake the task of the Premier's ashes to the motherland to the north and south of the Yangtze River, and now, this has a special significance of the aircraft is stored in the Air Force Aviation Museum at the foot of the Xiaotangshan, Beijing, for everyone to visit. There are still many modifications of the Y-5 active in agriculture, forestry and other industries.
Dimensional data: upper wingspan 18.76 meters, lower wingspan 14.236 meters, length 12.74 meters, height 6.10 meters, upper wing area 43.6 square meters, lower wing area 28.0 square meters.
Weight data: Empty weight (basic model) 3266 kg, normal takeoff weight 5250 kg, maximum takeoff weight 5500 kg, maximum landing weight 5250 kg, fuel weight 900 kg.
Performance data: Maximum level flight speed (altitude 1750 meters) 256 km/h, cruise speed 140-220 km/h, maximum rate of climb at sea level 2.9 m/s, practical ceiling 4500 meters, takeoff taxi distance 153 meters, landing taxi distance 173 meters, range 845 km.