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Multi-Engine Piston

1968 Cessna 401

🕒 Listed 5 weeks ago
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fyiEstimate $184,500–$189,500 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 188 comparable Cessna Multi-Engine Piston listings ($239,000), then adjusts for:

  • Year -7 vs comparable listings -10.5%
  • No Modern GPS navigator (65% of comps have one) -9.1%
  • No Autopilot (71% of comps have one) -2.1%
  • No ADS-B (68% of comps have one) -1.8%

Shown as a range. An estimate from asking-price comparables and FAA supply data — not an appraisal.

1968
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401-0238
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Overview

Make / ModelCessna 401
TypeMulti-Engine Piston
Airframe time—

Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 650Xi

No IFR GPS navigator is listed — a GTN 650Xi is the standard entry point for WAAS/LPV capability.

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Garmin GFC 500 autopilot

No autopilot is listed — a GFC 500 (or S-TEC 3100 / Trio Pro Pilot where the GFC isn't STC'd) adds a modern digital autopilot with envelope protection, subject to model approval.

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Garmin GTX 345 (ADS-B In/Out)

No ADS-B is listed — a GTX 345 delivers required ADS-B Out plus In (traffic & weather) in one transponder.

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Suggestions are based on the panel described in this listing; verify STC approval for this make/model before any installation.

Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs)

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Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

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Operating costs & specifications — Cessna 401A

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna 401A (not this specific airframe).

$51,225annual budget · 77 hrs/yr
$380variable cost / hour
$1.82cost per nm
32.0gph fuel burn
$226,730avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $184,500–$189,500

Performance & dimensions

Range1,102 nm
Cruise speed209 kts · 241 mph
Takeoff / landing1695.0 / 777.0

About this plane

Twin engine piston aircraft with retractable landing gear. The 401A seats up to 7 passengers plus 1 pilot.

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