Cessna 400 Corvalis TT
Fast composite four-seater with a twin-turbocharged 310 hp Continental, fixed gear and side-stick controls. It cruises above 220 kt at 25,000 ft on oxygen; it began as the Columbia 400 before Cessna took over.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 227 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 230 kt
- Range
- 1,140 nm
- Rate of climb
- 1,285 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 371 l
- Total capacity
- 401 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 201 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 78 l/h
- Endurance
- 4 h 45 min
- Usable fuel weighs
- 267 kg
Fuel burn at 75% power, 25,000 ft. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Glass cockpit
- Avionics
- Garmin G1000
- Systems
- Autopilot · Constant-speed propeller · Sidestick
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 3
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,633 kg
- Max landing weight
- 1,551 kg
- Empty weight
- 1,134 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller · Turbocharged engine · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp) · Glass cockpit (EFIS)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Cessna
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- COL4
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 2004
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 7.68 m
- Wingspan
- 10.91 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.25 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.98 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Cessna 400 Corvalis TTLength 7.68 m
- Cessna 206H StationairLength 8.52 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 59 kt
- 73 kt
- 82 kt
- 110 kt
- 135–158 kt
- 181 kt
- 230 kt
A range runs from light to maximum weight, or across the flap settings for VFE. The exact speed depends on weight, flaps and conditions.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
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