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Multi-Engine Piston

1981 Cessna 402C

🕒 Listed 3 weeks ago
Call for price fyiEstimate $305,500–$313,500 How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 265 comparable Cessna Multi-Engine Piston listings ($345,000), then adjusts for:

  • Year +3 vs comparable listings +4.5%
  • No Modern GPS navigator (76% of comps have one) -10.6%
  • No Autopilot (77% of comps have one) -2.3%
  • No ADS-B (67% of comps have one) -1.7%

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

1981
402C-0510

Overview

Make / ModelCessna 402C
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 402C Business Liner II

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna 402C Business Liner II (not this specific airframe).

$63,314annual budget · 75 hrs/yr
$452variable cost / hour
$2.12cost per nm
46.0gph fuel burn
$328,723avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $305,500–$313,500

Performance & dimensions

Range875 nm
Cruise speed213 kts · 245 mph
Takeoff / landing1763.0 / 1055.0

About this plane

Twin engine piston aircraft with retractable landing gear. The 402C Business Liner II seats up to 9 passengers plus 1 pilot.

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