SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON
Cessna 210
One model from FAA type certificate data sheet 3A21. Every figure below is quoted from the sheet. Open any “Source” to see the words it comes from.
THE DATA SHEET
- Authority
- Federal Aviation Administration (United States)
- Sheet
- Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A21
- Revision
- 50
- Date
- November 18, 2021
- Holder
- Textron Aviation Inc.
- Licence
- US Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105)
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Performance figures (stall speeds, take-off and landing distances, climb, cruise and fuel burn) are in the aircraft's flight manual (POH/AFM), which we cannot reproduce. Always use the flight manual for the aircraft you fly.
This is a United States Federal Aviation Administration sheet. We show it as a US certification document, not as an Australian or New Zealand rule. Units are the sheet's own: pounds, US gallons and quarts, and knots or mph as stated.
How we copied the sheet. Quotes are from our stored text copy of the sheet, taken from the text layer of the FAA's online viewer. We rebuilt lines from the text positions, joined wrapped lines, marked wide gaps between table cells with |, removed page headers and footers, and replaced symbol-font characters with the symbols they print as. Check the original sheet before relying on any figure.
Models not shown. The sheet covers 28 models, including turbocharged and pressurised versions. We include the 210N.
SPEC SHEET
Cessna 210: 210N
The sheet's heading for this modelModel 210N/T210N, Centurion/Turbo System Centurion, 6 PCLM (Normal Category)
Source for the model heading
XVI. Model 210N/T210N, Centurion/Turbo System Centurion, 6 PCLM (Normal Category), approved October 19, 1978
Engine
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L
Source for Engine
Model 210N Engine | Continental IO-520-L
- Rated power
- 300 hptake-off, 5 minThe sheet gives a lower rating for all other operations.
Source for Rated power
*Engine Limits | Takeoff full throttle (5 min.) at 2850 r.p.m. (300 hp. rating)
- Engine speed limit
- 2,850 rpmtake-off, 5 min
Source for Engine speed limit
*Engine Limits | Takeoff full throttle (5 min.) at 2850 r.p.m. (300 hp. rating)
- Propeller
- McCauley D3A34C404/80VA-0
Source for Propeller
Propeller and | 1. (a) McCauley D3A34C404/80VA-0
Fuel and oil
- Fuel capacity
- 90 US gal≈ 341 L (converted)
Source for Fuel capacity
90 gal. (87 gal. usable), S/N 21064536 and up
- Usable fuel
- 87 US galS/N 21064536 and up≈ 329 L (converted)Earlier aircraft have a little more usable fuel.
Source for Usable fuel
90 gal. (87 gal. usable), S/N 21064536 and up
- Oil capacity
- 10 US qt≈ 9.5 L (converted)
Source for Oil capacity
Oil Capacity | 10 qt. (-12.5), 8 qt. usable
Weights and loading
- Maximum weight
- Normal category3,800 lb≈ 1,724 kg (converted)
Source for Maximum weight, Normal category
*Maximum Weight | 3800 lb.
- Seats
- 6
Source for Seats
No. of Seats | 6 (2 at +34 to +46, 2 at +61 to +77, 2 at +101)
- Baggage limit
Left out. The sheet refers to the weight and balance data instead of giving a figure.
- C.G. range
- Landing gear extended: (+42.5) to (+53.0) at 3800 lb; (+37.0) to (+53.0) at 3000 lb or less
Source for C.G. range
C.G. Range (Landing | (+42.5) to (+53.0) at 3800 lb. Gear Extended) | (+37.0) to (+53.0) at 3000 lb. or less
Airspeed limits
- Never exceed speed (Vne)
- 200 kt IAS
Source for Never exceed speed (Vne)
(See NOTE 4 on Use of IAS) | Never exceed | 200 knots
- Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)
- 165 kt IAS
Source for Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)
Maximum structural cruising | 165 knots
- Manoeuvring speed (Va)
- 125 kt IAS
Source for Manoeuvring speed (Va)
Maneuvering | 125 knots
- Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
- 115 kt IAS
Source for Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
Flaps extended | 115 knots
Reference
- Datum
- Fuselage station 0.0 (front face of firewall)
Source for Datum
Datum | Fuselage station 0.0 (front face of firewall)
- Certification basis
- Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations effective May 15, 1956, and Paragraph 3.112 as amended October 1, 1959The sheet adds later regulations for this model.
Source for Certification basis
210N, T210N, 210R, 210-5(205), 210-5A(205A): Part 3 of the Civil Air Regulations effective May 15, 1956, and Paragraph 3.112 as amended October 1, 1959.
COCKPIT
The 210N limits on an airspeed indicator
Where the sheet gives them in knots, the dial shows Vne as a red line, the caution range from Vno to Vne as a yellow arc, a green tick at Vno and white ticks at the flap limit speeds (Vfe). The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, and the stall speeds where the green and white arcs start are not in it.
- Airspeed indicator
- Attitude indicator
- Altimeter
- Turn coordinator
- Heading indicator
- Vertical speed indicator
- Tachometer
- Oil temperature
- Oil pressure
- Fuel quantity
- Suction gauge
What the dial shows
- Red line: never exceed speed (Vne)200 kt IAS
Source for the red line
(See NOTE 4 on Use of IAS) | Never exceed | 200 knots
- Yellow arc: caution rangeFrom Vno to Vne, 165 kt IAS to 200 kt IAS
- Green tick: Vno, top of the green arc165 kt IAS
Source for the green tick
Maximum structural cruising | 165 knots
- White tick: Vfe, a flap limit speed115 kt IAS
Source for the white tick
Flaps extended | 115 knots
- Marks are drawn at the sheet's speeds in knots IAS.
- White tick marks the flap limit speed (Vfe) the sheet gives. The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, so the flight manual says where this aircraft's white arc ends.
- The low ends of the white and green arcs are stall speeds. They come from the flight manual, so we have left them unmarked.
The other instruments are drawn at rest and are not linked to this aircraft. Learn what each instrument shows in the cockpit explorer.
For learning only. Not for flight planning or use in flight. Figures are certification limits from Federal Aviation Administration, Type Certificate Data Sheet 3A21, Revision 50, retrieved 31 October 2026. Conversions marked “converted” are our own arithmetic. No manufacturer images are used. The instruments are drawn by us. Back to all aircraft.