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- Cessna 421C
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| Cessna 421C | |
|---|---|
| What it is | |
| Seats | 8 |
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Continental GTSIO-520-L (geared, turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 375 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1976 |
| Production end | 1985 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine;pressurized/high-altitude |
| Performance | |
| Cruise speed | 240 KTAS |
| Range | 1,400 nm |
| Service ceiling | 30,200 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,940 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 79 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 2,323 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,293 ft |
| Load and fuel | |
| Seats | 8 |
| Useful load | 2,810 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,532 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 7,450 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,640 lb |
| Usable fuel | 213 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 43.5 gal/h |
| Cost of ownership | |
| Price, low | $100,000 |
| Price, high | $825,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,200 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $75,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $115,000 |
| The fleet and its record | |
| Registered, all time | 835 |
| Active fleet | 497 |
| Median year built | 1978.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 23 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 9 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years1 | 46.28 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active2 | 24.14 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 133 |
| Transfers per 100 active3 | 26.76 |
| Airworthiness directives | 9 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
| Peer scores | |
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
| Accident record4 | 3.1 of 10 |
| Severity5 | 1.6 of 10 |
| Access6 | 2 of 10 |
| Support7 | 9.5 of 10 |
| Liquidity8 | 6.9 of 10 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown)9 | 23.1 out of 50 |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 497 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 497 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 497 active.
- Accident record: class median 15.87 · 17 models in class.
- Severity: class median 20.42.
- Access: class median 3,096.5.
- Support: class median 132.5.
- Liquidity: class median 23.08.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.