Cessna 414 Chancellor
The Cessna 414 Chancellor pairs a pressurised cabin with the 421 Golden Eagle's basic wing and engine layout, offering business owner-pilots jet-like cruising altitude in a piston twin they can fly themselves without a type rating. Its pressurisation lets it climb above much of the weather and turbulence that unpressurised light twins must fly around. It sits between the smaller, unpressurised 340 and the larger, more powerful 421 in Cessna's business-twin lineup. Decades after production ended, well-maintained examples remain popular among pilots seeking pressurised comfort on a used-aircraft budget.
Did you know?
Like its 310 and 402 relatives, the 414 wears the same bulbous wingtip fuel tanks — a recognisable trait across Cessna's piston twins.
Specifications
| Length | 11.1 m (36 ft) |
|---|---|
| Wingspan | 13.5 m (44 ft) |
| Height | 3.5 m (11 ft) |
| Maximum passengers | 6 |
| Persons on board | 7 |
| Maximum take-off weight | 3 t |
| Range | 1,000 NM (1,852 km) |
| Maximum speed | 230 kt (426 km/h) |
| Stall speed | 72 kt (133 km/h) |
| Service ceiling | 30,800 ft (9,388 m) |
| Optimum ceiling | 28,000 ft (8,534 m) |
| Rate of climb | 1,520 ft/min (7.7 m/s) |
| Take-off distance | 790 m (2,592 ft) |
| Landing distance | 718 m (2,356 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 760 l |
| Engines | 2x Continental TSIO-520 |
| Units built | 1,070 |
Curated by CatchFlights from manufacturer documents, ICAO Doc 8643 and reference works; values are left out where no source could confirm them. Sources are listed on our credits page.
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