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1982 Cessna T303 CRUSADER

NoneSC
🕒 Listed 3 weeks ago
$259,000 fyiEstimate $265,000–$272,000 How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 8 comparable Cessna 303 series listings ($267,000), then adjusts for:

  • Modern GPS navigator (88% of comps) +0.6%

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

1982
3,321 hrs
Cameron Heddings Cessna T

Overview

Make / ModelCessna T303 CRUSADER
TypeOther
Airframe time3,321 hrs
Avionics / GPSGarmin GNS 530
Garmin GPS ADS-B

Description

1982 CESSNA T303 CRUSADER Cessna T303 with 3,321 TTAF, 1,475 Pound Useful Load and 153 Gal fuel capacity. Equipped with Factory Air Conditioning, Nose & Wing Locker Storage and FIKI Provisions. Counter-Rotating TSIO-520's with 2 SMOH (R) and 1,270 SFRM (L). Three Blade Propellers w/ 19 SPOH & De-Ice. Cockpit equipped with Garmin 530W, ADSB In & Out, Color Wx Radar, Digital Nav/Com, Copilot Backup Instruments & other upgrades. Paint & Glass in good shape. Club Seating configuration, interior redone in 1997 and shows wear, but serviceable. Annual complete 3/2026, Full Logs and No Damage History. Located Sumter, SC (KSMS)

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

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Operating costs & specifications — Cessna T303 Crusader

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna T303 Crusader (not this specific airframe).

$53,622annual budget · 89 hrs/yr
$335variable cost / hour
$1.86cost per nm
27.2gph fuel burn
$332,120avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $265,000–$272,000

Performance & dimensions

Range835 nm
Cruise speed180 kts · 207 mph
Takeoff / landing1275.0 / 820.0

About this plane

Twin engine piston aircraft with retractable landing gear. The T303 Crusader seats up to 5 passengers plus 1 pilot.

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