Aircraft model
CESSNA 210D
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1964 Centurion, with the 285 hp IO-470-S in place of the 260 hp engine and a higher gross weight. It cruises at 170 knots and carries 1,250 lb, still on the strut-braced wing that the cantilever design replaced three years later.
The extra power is worth having and the aeroplane remains inexpensive for its speed. The standing considerations are the same across the early 210s: a complicated hydraulic gear system with doors that must be swung and inspected, and the 2020 wing spar carry-through airworthiness directive whose compliance status is the first thing to establish. Fuel burn is around 15 gallons an hour. Insurance requires complex and high-performance endorsements and real retractable time; underwriters treat the 210 as a step above a Bonanza.
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- CESSNA 210D
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental IO-470-S |
| Horsepower | 285 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1964 |
| Production end | 1964 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 170 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 700 nm |
| Service ceiling | 19,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 55 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,750 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,400 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,250 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 872 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,750 lb |
| Usable fuel | 63 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 16 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $115,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $175,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,500 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $42,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $58,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 277 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 123 |
| Median year built | 1964.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 7 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 56.911 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 48.782 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 36 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 29.273 |
| Airworthiness directives | 6 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 123 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 123 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 123 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 2.7 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 7.7 of 103 |
| Support | 4.6 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.2 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 26.2 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 32.28 · 202 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 775.
- Support: class median 147.5.
- Liquidity: class median 19.9.
- 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.