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Multi-Engine Piston

1978 CESSNA 414AW

Denver, CO · USA
🕒 Listed 2 months ago
$375,000
fyiEstimate $291,000–$298,500 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 272 comparable Cessna Multi-Engine Piston listings ($312,500), then adjusts for:

  • Airframe time +659 hr vs comps -1.3%
  • Engine time +321 hr vs comps -4.5%
  • Modern GPS navigator (73% of comps) +3.7%
  • Autopilot (78% of comps) +0.7%
  • No ADS-B (69% of comps have one) -1.8%
  • Market supply: 32 for sale of 361 FAA-registered -2.4%

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

1978
6,095 hrs
N414SM ✈ Flight Tracking
Sep 05, 2026 (44 days ago)
414A0096
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2
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Swair LLC
Per the FAA aircraft registry (public record)

Overview

Make / ModelCessna 414AW
TypeMulti-Engine Piston
Airframe time6,095 hrs
Engine time1077 SMOH
Avionics / GPSGarmin GNS 530
Avionics / TransponderGarmin GTX 330ES
Avionics / AutopilotKing KFC200
Avionics / DMEKN-64
Avionics / Radar altimeterKRA-87
Avionics / Audio panelPMA 8000
InspectionAnnual
Garmin GPS Autopilot FIKI / known ice

Description

Detailed Description Seller is motivated due to next aircraft arriving soon and will consider all offers! This beautiful 1978 414AW RAM VII is ready to go to its new home. This Chancellor has mid time airframe and engines complete with Fresh paint and interior in 2025, as well as a Fresh Annual December of 2025. This 414AW has been hangared and well cared for buy its owners. N414SM is a great option for any buyer looking for a happy flying, clean, turn-key aircraft as is or a great candidate as well for a panel upgrade with buyer's choice of the latest and greatest avionics. We look forward to your call today! Mid time airframe with fresh paint and interior in 2025 complete strip down, corrosion treatment and preventative applied, complete repaint and new interior seats, headliner, floor protective runner. 213 gallon fuel tank system, aux tanks not installed, wing locker luggage space FIKI, Winglets, Vortex Generators, LED landing and taxi lights

Modifications

Mid time RAM VIIs, last overhaul completed with props newly installed then.

Avionics

Garmin 530W/430W •Garmin GMX 200 MFD •KFC 200 Auto Pilot (working well - all modes) •JP EDM-760 Engine Analyzer EGT/CHT •Shadin Fuel Flow •King KN-64 DME •King KCS-55A HSI •BFGoodrich WX-950 Stormscope •King KRA-87 ADF •King KWX 56 Radar •PS Engineering 6-Place Intercom •PS Engineering PMA 8000 Audio Panel •Garmin GTX-330ES Mode S Transponder •Artex 406 MHz ELT

Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 750Xi

A GNS 530 is a drop-in upgrade to the GTN 750Xi — bigger touchscreen, WAAS/LPV, and modern nav/comm/MFD.

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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 414

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna 414 (not this specific airframe).

$52,845annual budget · 71 hrs/yr
$414variable cost / hour
$1.85cost per nm
38.0gph fuel burn
$251,511avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $291,000–$298,500

Performance & dimensions

Range1,090 nm
Cruise speed224 kts · 258 mph
Takeoff / landing1695.0 / 805.0

About this plane

Twin engine piston aircraft with retractable landing gear. The 414 seats up to 6 passengers plus 1 pilot.

Range from base

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Last flight

Actual flight path from FlightAware for N414SM. More flight tracking ›