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- Multi-Engine
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About the Cessna 404 Titan
Type certificated 1976 Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet
Overview
The Cessna 404 Titan is the largest of Cessna’s unpressurised piston twins, a ten-seat cabin-class hauler built from 1976 to 1982 for commuter, cargo, and utility work. It sits at the top of the 400-series piston line, above the 402, with two geared and turbocharged 375-horsepower Continental GTSIO-520 engines and a wide, flat-floored cabin that carries either ten people or a substantial freight load. About 400 were built.
Cessna conceived the Titan as a workhorse: a rugged, high-capacity twin for the regional operators and freight haulers who needed more cabin and payload than a 402 but did not need, or want to pay for, the pressurisation and turboprop power of a 441 Conquest. Many spent their working lives flying scheduled commuter routes and night freight, and a good number still earn their keep that way.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Cabin and payload. The Titan’s selling point is volume and useful load. Ten seats, a flat cabin floor, large cargo doors on freighter examples, and a useful load over 3,400 pounds make it a genuine load-hauler rather than a stretched personal twin.
- Turbocharged altitude capability. The geared GTSIO-520 engines hold power well into the teens, giving the Titan a 26,000-foot ceiling and useful performance out of high, hot strips, though oxygen is required at the altitudes where the turbos work best.
- No pressurisation to maintain. Unlike the 414 and 421, the Titan skips pressurisation, removing one expensive, inspection-heavy system from the airframe.
- Single-pilot capability. The Titan flies as a capable single-pilot aeroplane while carrying ten passengers or an equivalent freight load.
Trade-offs
- The geared engines. The GTSIO-520-M is the Titan’s defining cost. Geared and turbocharged, it runs to a shorter overhaul interval than a plain Continental, a factory engine runs into six figures, and it is unforgiving of mismanagement. Disciplined operation and a thorough engine history review are non-negotiable on this type.
- Thirsty. Two 375-horsepower engines burn around 45 gallons an hour in cruise. The Titan hauls a great deal, but it does not do so cheaply.
- Unpressurised at altitude. The turbochargers are most efficient in the high teens, exactly where an unpressurised cabin requires supplemental oxygen for everyone aboard.
- A working aeroplane’s history. Many Titans led hard commuter and freight lives. Corrosion, high airframe times, and tired systems are real pre-buy concerns on a type that was rarely babied.
See Also
- Cessna 402 – the lighter, more numerous unpressurised sibling one size down; less cabin and payload, but simpler ungeared engines and lower running cost. Compare
- Cessna 340 – the pressurised cabin twin in the 400 series; a smaller cabin in exchange for a sea-level ride in the flight levels. Compare
- Cessna 441 Conquest II – the turboprop step-up; far faster, pressurised, and longer-legged, at much higher acquisition and operating cost. Compare
- Beechcraft Duke 60 – the closest cross-shop on the geared-piston-twin cost story; a pressurised Beechcraft cabin twin with similarly demanding geared engines. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- 13 ft
- Length
- 40 ft
- Parking area (ft²2)
- 2,505 ft²
- Max Takeoff Weight
- 8,400 lbs
- Max Landing Weight
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 8,100 lbs
- Useful Load
- 3,435 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- 344 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 207 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (VNE)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 241 KIAS
- Max Structural Cruise (VNO)
- Source: FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet 212 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- 96 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (VS1)
- 74 KIAS
- Range
- Estimated/derived; not a published figure 1580 NM
- Service Ceiling
- 26,000 ft
- Rate of Climb
- 230 - 1575 fpm
Engines
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Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Cessna 404 Titan specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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