Cessna 414A
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Chancellor, built 1978-1985, is the developed 414 with a longer wet wing carrying 206 usable gallons, no tip tanks, a higher gross weight and up to eight seats. The bigger wing gives it genuine 1,300-mile range and, just as importantly, a far simpler fuel system than the tip-tank Cessnas — a real safety improvement over the earlier aeroplane.
It is the most practical of the pressurised piston Cessnas and priced accordingly. The costs remain substantial: two turbocharged Continentals that rarely make their nominal overhaul life, two propellers, pressurisation, deice boots and a cabin-class annual inspection. Exhaust system cracks matter more here than on an unpressurised aeroplane because the cabin air comes off the engines, so carbon monoxide is a live risk if inspections are skipped. Insurance requires a multi-engine rating, high-altitude training and usually formal annual recurrent training. For a family flying 700-mile trips in weather it is a lot of aeroplane for the money, provided the money for upkeep is genuinely there.
Variants of the Cessna 414 Chancellor
- 414 · 1970 · 242 active
- 414A · 1978 · 363 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 8 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-520-NB (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 310 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1978 |
| Production end | 1985 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine;pressurized/high-altitude |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 200 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,300 nm |
| Service ceiling | 30,800 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,580 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 75 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 2,265 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 2,400 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 8 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 2,382 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,146 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 6,750 lb |
| Empty weight | 4,368 lb |
| Usable fuel | 206 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 36 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $250,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $600,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,400 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $60,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $85,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 539 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 363 |
| Median year built | 1979.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 6 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 16.531 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 13.772 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 111 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 30.583 |
| Airworthiness directives | 17 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 363 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 363 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 363 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 7+ seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 5 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 0.8 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 1.3 of 103 |
| Support | 8.4 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.4 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 24.9 out of 506 |
- 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.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30