Aircraft model
CESSNA T210F
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The T210F is the first turbocharged Centurion, from 1966. Cessna fitted a turbocharged Continental to the strut-braced airframe, giving it a 27,000-foot ceiling and about 190 knots in the high teens — a considerable jump over the normally aspirated aircraft and the start of the turbocharged 210 line that ran for twenty years.
Being the first, it is also the least developed: the strut-braced wing, the early complicated gear system with doors, and a turbocharger installation that later models refined. The TSIO-520 runs hot and is hard on exhaust systems, and cracked exhaust components are both a power and a carbon monoxide problem. The 2020 wing spar carry-through airworthiness directive applies. Without pressurisation the ceiling means oxygen for everyone, which limits how the altitude capability is actually used.
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-520-C (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 285 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1966 |
| Production end | 1966 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 190 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 800 nm |
| Service ceiling | 27,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,150 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 55 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,900 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,450 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,400 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,022 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,300 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,900 lb |
| Usable fuel | 63 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 16.5 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $85,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $200,000 |
| 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 | 181 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 65 |
| Median year built | 1966.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 76.92 per 1,000 active · base 65 active · thin base (low) |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 76.92 per 1,000 active · base 65 active · thin base (low) |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 12 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 18.46 per 100 active · base 65 active · thin base (low) |
| Airworthiness directives | 7 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
Peer scores
A score runs from 0 to 10 within the model's peer class: a position, not a grade, and the six are never added together.
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | — · class median 28.36 · 202 models in class |
| Severity | — · class median 11.65 |
| Access | 1 of 10 · class median 767.75 |
| Support | 3.1 of 10 · class median 141.5 |
| Liquidity | 3.5 of 10 · class median 19.57 |