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Multi-Engine Piston

1984 CESSNA T303

🕒 Listed 3 months ago
$275,000
fyiEstimate $289,000–$296,500 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 4 comparable Cessna 303 series listings ($302,500), then adjusts for:

  • Year +1 vs comparable listings +2.2%
  • Airframe time +1,285 hr vs comps -2.6%
  • Engine time +148 hr vs comps -2.1%
  • Modern GPS navigator (75% of comps) +3.5%
  • No Autopilot (50% of comps have one) -1.5%
  • No ADS-B (75% of comps have one) -1.9%
  • Market supply: 4 for sale of 59 FAA-registered -0.7%

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

1984
4,333 hrs
N5529V ✈ Flight Tracking
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T30300303
CONTINENTAL TSIO520AE
2
MCCAULEY
KTYS
★ 5.0 (1 Google reviews)
Candlestick Aviation Services LLC
Per the FAA aircraft registry (public record)

Overview

Make / ModelCessna T303
TypeMulti-Engine Piston
Airframe time4,333 hrs
Engine time526 SMOH
Prop blades3
Avionics / flight deckGARMIN GNS430W
Avionics / GPSGarmin GNS 430
Avionics / GPS / navGNS430W
Garmin GPS

Description

Beautiful 1984 Cessna T303 Crusader with only 4333 hrs TTSN. Always hangared with no damage history and complete logs. The T303 is known to be one of the nicest flying light twin engine aircraft ever made with superb visibility and a very comfortable 6 seat cabin. Excellent cross country airplane.

Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 650Xi

A GNS 430 upgrades naturally to the GTN 650Xi — same footprint, touchscreen GPS/nav/comm with LPV approaches.

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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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General

Year1984
ManufacturerCESSNA
ModelT303
Serial NumberT30300303
Registration #N5529V
ConditionUsed
FlightRulesIFR
Based atTYS

Airframe

Total Time4,333

Engine 1

Engine 1 Make/ModelCONTINENTAL TSIO520AE
Engine 1 Serial Number524305
Engine 1 Time526 SMOH
Engine 1 TBO2000
Engine 1 TurbochargedYes

Engine 2

Engine 2 Make/ModelCONTINENTAL TSIO520AF
Engine 2 Serial Number524305
Engine 2 Time1,146 SMOH

Props

Prop 1 ManufacturerMCCAULEY
Prop 1 Time152 SMOH
Prop 2 ManufacturerMCCAULEY
Prop 2 Time287 SMOH
Number of Blades3

Avionics

Flight Deck Manufacturer/ModelGARMIN GNS430W
WAASYes

Additional Equipment

Oxygen SystemYes

Interior

Year Interior1990

Exterior

Year Painted2009

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  $289,000–$296,500

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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Last flight

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