Cessna 210 Centurion
.jpg) Cessna 210 Centurion. Photo: Tomás Del Coro from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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| Make | Cessna |
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| Model | Cessna 210 Centurion |
| Type | Light aircraft |
| Country |  United States
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| First flight | January 1957 |
| Built | 1957–1986 |
| Number built | 9,240 |
| Registered in the US | 2,976 (FAA register, October 30, 2026) |
| Seats | One, Five passengers |
| Engine | Continental Motors TSIO-520-R, 310 hp |
| Cruise speed | 193 kn (T210N Turbo Centurion II) |
| Range | 900 nmi (T210N Turbo Centurion II) |
| Service ceiling | 27,000 ft (T210N Turbo Centurion II) |
| Max weight | 4,000 lb (T210N Turbo Centurion II) |
| Developed from | Cessna 182 Skylane |
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The Cessna 210 Centurion is a six-seat, high-performance, single-engine, high-wing airplane with retractable landing gear. It first flew in January 1957 and Cessna built it until 1986.[1] In the U.S. there are 2,976 with a valid registration.[2]
History
The first 210 and 210A had four seats and a 260 hp Continental IO-470. They were essentially a Cessna 182B with retractable landing gear, a swept tail and a new wing. In 1961 Cessna redesigned the fuselage and wing: the cabin grew wider and deeper and gained a third side window, and the flaps were extended outboard.[1]
Cessna built the 210 in 26 versions: the normally aspirated 210, the turbocharged T210 and the pressurized P210. The 210N, T210N and P210N were built in the largest numbers, and the T210R and P210R of 1985 and 1986 are the rarest and most expensive.[1] The T210N and P210N lead the U.S. register today.[2]
Wing spar inspections
On May 21, 2012, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring 3,665 cantilever-wing Cessna 210s to be inspected for cracks in the wing spar caps, spars and wings; airplanes with more than 10,000 hours were grounded until inspected. In 2019 a T210M lost its right wing in flight, and investigators found fatigue cracking of the wing-spar carry-through that began at a small corrosion pit.[1] Anyone buying a 210 should know the airplane's spar inspection history.
Registered in the United States
The FAA register lists 2,976 of these airplanes with a valid U.S. registration. Here they are by the model name the FAA uses.[2]
| FAA model name | Registered |
|---|---|
| T210N | 463 |
| P210N | 418 |
| T210M | 318 |
| T210L | 303 |
| 210L | 233 |
| 210 | 182 |
| 210M | 121 |
| 210D | 121 |
| 210B | 101 |
| 210A | 84 |
| 210N | 79 |
| 210E | 72 |
| T210F | 64 |
| 210C | 57 |
| 210J | 55 |
| 210K | 49 |
| 210G | 39 |
| 210H | 38 |
| 210F | 32 |
| T210R | 28 |
| 7 other model names | 119 |
Specifications (T210N Turbo Centurion II)
| Item | T210N Turbo Centurion II |
|---|---|
| Crew | One |
| Passengers / capacity | Five passengers |
| Length | 28 ft 2 in |
| Wingspan | 36 ft 9 in |
| Height | 9 ft 8 in |
| Wing area | 175 sq ft |
| Empty weight | 2,303 lb |
| Maximum takeoff weight | 4,000 lb |
| Fuel | 87 USgal (usable capacity) |
| Engine | Continental Motors TSIO-520-R, 310 hp (air-cooled turbocharged flat-six) |
| Propeller | McCauley Type D3A34C402/90DFA-10 constant-speed propeller |
| Maximum speed | 204 kn |
| Cruise speed | 193 kn |
| Stall speed | 58 kn |
| Range | 900 nmi |
| Service ceiling | 27,000 ft |
| Rate of climb | 930 ft/min |
Figures as given in the Wikipedia article and its sources.[1]
Photos
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Cessna 210 (OE DSD), rebuilt for cloud seeding, with 2 silver iodide generators. Photo: Christian Jansky (User:Tschaensky), CC BY-SA 2.5
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Buying a Cessna 210 Centurion
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Wikipedia, "Cessna 210 Centurion", read November 1, 2026. Airplane Wiki's text is written in its own words; facts are checked against this article and its sources.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Federal Aviation Administration, Releasable Aircraft Database, file dated October 30, 2026. Valid registrations of fixed-wing airplanes whose FAA maker and model names belong to this family. Airplane Wiki uses only counts from this file, never owner names or addresses.