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Light transport
Cessna 421 Golden Eagle is a light transport originating in United States. It was built by Cessna.
Light transport
United States
Cessna
1,916
1967–1985
1968
October 14, 1965
Cessna 411
Cessna 425
One or two
Six passengers
36 ft 4 + 5 ⁄ 8 in (11.09 m)
41 ft 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (12.53 m)
11 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 8 in (3.49 m)
215 sq ft (20.0 m 2 )
4,501 lb (2,042 kg)
7,450 lb (3,379 kg)
206 US gal (172 imp gal; 780 L) normal (usable capacity), 262 US gal (218 imp gal; 990 L) with optional wing tanks
2 × Continental GTSIO-520-L turbocharged, fuel injected and geared flat-six engines, 375 hp (280 kW) each
3-bladed McCauley constant-speed propellers
256 kn (295 mph, 474 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
240 kn (280 mph, 440 km/h) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m) (75% power)
1,487 nmi (1,711 mi, 2,754 km) at 25,000 ft (7,600 m), econ cruise speed
30,200 ft (9,200 m)
1,940 ft/min (9.9 m/s)
2,323 ft (708 m)
2,293 ft (699 m)
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Cessna 421 Golden Eagle equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Reported count for Cessna 421 · Cessna 421 Golden Eagle. Service scope: Montenegrin Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 1. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for Cessna 421 Golden Eagle · Cessna 421B Golden Eagle. Service scope: Air Force; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 1. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Army exact named equipment holdings: Cessna 421. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings: Cessna 421. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: AIRCRAFT / Light. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named Cessna 421 component, counted as equipment units: active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-scoped IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No parent, sibling, mounted-weapon or heading aggregate quantity inherited.
Army holdings of the exact named Cessna 421 component, counted as equipment units: active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-scoped IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No parent, sibling, mounted-weapon or heading aggregate quantity inherited.