Aircraft model
CESSNA 210K
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1970 Centurion, and the year the 210 became a six-seat aeroplane. Cessna added a pair of rear seats and raised the gross weight to 3,400 lb, which turned it from a fast four-seater into something that could genuinely carry a family and their luggage at 170 knots.
The rear seats are small and the centre of gravity moves aft quickly with them occupied, so loading needs calculating rather than estimating. The mechanical picture is unchanged: the cantilever wing, the complicated gear system with doors, and the 2020 spar carry-through airworthiness directive whose compliance is the first question. The IO-520 burns 16 gallons an hour, costs real money at overhaul and has a crankcase cracking history. Insurance requires complex and high-performance endorsements plus retractable time.
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- CESSNA 210K
What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental IO-520-A |
| Horsepower | 285 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1970 |
| Production end | 1970 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 170 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 750 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,300 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,100 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 57 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,800 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,450 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,450 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,072 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,400 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,950 lb |
| Usable fuel | 63 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 16 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $95,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $200,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,700 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $48,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $68,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 126 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 50 |
| Median year built | 1970.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 80 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 80 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 6 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 12 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 5 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 50 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 50 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 50 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0.4 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 2.8 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 3.9 of 103 |
| Support | 3.7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.4 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 12.2 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.47 · 74 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,823.
- Support: class median 96.
- Liquidity: class median 17.67.
- 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.