Cessna produce a wide range of craft, from two seat trainers to reasonable sized (10 seats or so) executive jets like the Citation. What is referred to by the media as a 'Cessna' is usually a 172 or 182, which is a four seat single engine light aircraft. Basically the Ford Focus of the skies - there have been over 37000 172s and 20000+ 182s built.
Pictures of models of them.
http://www.aviation-central.com/priv...anes/apb00.htm
In 1994 a Cessna 150 crashed on the White House lawn.
In 1987 Mathias Rust flew a 172 all the way to Moscow, landing in Red Square.