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The Titan sits at the larger end of Cessna's piston-twin range. Its low wing carries two engines, while a substantial cabin supports passenger and freight configurations. It was developed during the 1970s and also appeared in military service under different designations. The 404 offers a different reference point from both a small private twin and a pressurised business turboprop.
Aircraft background
Wikipedia contributors · Read more ↗A working twin also carries the family on holiday
Caruso’s enthusiasm for the 404 came from years spent around the aircraft as a maintainer, seller and operator. His family business owned two, and its work gave him repeated opportunities to introduce buyers to the type. He compared its handling with a heavy 402C and emphasised the small throttle movements involved in managing the geared engines. The aircraft also had a place in family life.
Cessna Flyer interview · May 2016. Founder of Maine Aviation Sales, a business maintaining, selling and operating 404s; his commercial interest is part of the context.
Cessna Flyer · Read more ↗Into the cockpit
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TRANSATLANTIC MISSION:Cessna 404 Flight from Germany to Florida,USA. Part I of II, Germany-Greenland
The first leg of a Cessna 404 ferry trip from Germany towards Florida, via Greenland.
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Meet Cessna 404 Titan
The Titan sits at the larger end of Cessna's piston-twin range. Its low wing carries two engines, while a substantial cabin supports passenger and freight configurations. It was developed during the 1970s and also appeared in military service under different designations.
Its passenger and freight roles shaped the cabin. The simulator product identifies the represented cabin and cockpit configuration.
Cessna 404 Titan
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Cessna 404 Titan
Wikipedia contributors · Cessna 404 Titan ↗Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024 →Aircraft type designators
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History & design
A cabin-class twin intended to carry more
Cessna Flyer traces the 404 programme to discussions in 1973 about carrying more than the 402. Its unpressurised cabin was offered for passenger, mixed-use and freight work, reflected in the Ambassador, Courier and Freighter versions.
Cessna Flyer · Nothing Else Quite Like It: The Cessna 404 ↗Historical model overview published in May 2016
Development milestones
First flight: February 26, 1975
Developed from: Cessna 402
Wikipedia contributors · Cessna 404 Titan ↗Cessna 404 Titan · family/variant named by the source · Wikipedia revision 1371192825
Pilot accounts
A working twin also carries the family on holiday
Caruso’s enthusiasm for the 404 came from years spent around the aircraft as a maintainer, seller and operator. His family business owned two, and its work gave him repeated opportunities to introduce buyers to the type. He compared its handling with a heavy 402C and emphasised the small throttle movements involved in managing the geared engines.
The aircraft also had a place in family life. Caruso recalled flying his family nonstop from Portland, Maine, to Key West, a trip that illustrated why he valued its combination of cabin space and carrying ability. His praise belongs to someone with a business interest in the aircraft, but the family journey gives that professional preference a personal setting.
Cessna Flyer interview · May 2016. Founder of Maine Aviation Sales, a business maintaining, selling and operating 404s; his commercial interest is part of the context.
Read the full account · Cessna Flyer ↗An unexpected return ends with an instructor’s congratulations
Landreville remembers a winter evening when the regular service stopped at Roberval to collect more passengers. Shortly after the aircraft lifted off, the nose baggage door swung open. The crew returned through snow for an instrument approach, with Landreville worried about what might happen if the door broke away.
Back on the ground, they found no damage, secured the compartment and prepared to continue. One passenger made the relief particularly memorable: the head of the flight school where Landreville had trained was sitting behind him. His former instructor leaned forward to congratulate him, leaving the pilot grinning. The memoir preserves that personal ending while the account of the incident remains Landreville’s own recollection.
Personal memoir, chapter on an open baggage door during Cessna 404 service between Alma, Roberval and Montreal. Michael Karp is an editor and host, not the pilot narrator.
Read the full account · Richard Landreville; hosted by Michael Karp ↗Gusty night conditions draw attention away from a familiar check
The commander was alone on a positioning flight and had substantial experience in the 404. Approaching at night in gusty conditions, he asked the controller for updated wind information twice. Only during the flare, as the aircraft contacted the runway, did he realise that the landing gear had not been lowered.
He was uninjured, but the aircraft was damaged. In the account submitted to the AAIB, he considered that attention to the gusty nighttime arrival had distracted him from the checklist and final gear check. The explanation is the pilot’s assessment of his own flight.
AAIB Bulletin 4/2019 · N97AQ at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, 28 December 2018. The short report explicitly draws on the pilot’s submitted account.
Read the full account · UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch ↗In your simulator
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Aircraft specifications
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| Specification | Published value |
|---|---|
| Length | 39 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (12.046 m) |
| Wingspan | 46 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (14.230 m) |
| Height | 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) |
| Wing area | 242.0 sq ft (22.48 m² ) |
| Empty weight | 4,816 lb (2,185 kg) |
| Max takeoff weight | 8,400 lb (3,810 kg) |
| Maximum speed | 267 mph (430 km/h, 232 kn) at 16,000 ft (4,900 m) |
| Cruise speed | 188 mph (302 km/h, 163 kn) (econ cruise) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m) |
| Stall speed | 81 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn) flaps down, power off |
| Range | 2,120 mi (3,410 km, 1,840 nmi) |
| Service ceiling | 26,000 ft (7,900 m) |
| Rate of climb | 1,575 ft/min (8.00 m/s) |
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Pilot account
A working twin also carries the family on holidayCessna Flyer interview · May 2016. Founder of Maine Aviation Sales, a business maintaining, selling and operating 404s; his commercial interest is part of the context.
Caruso’s enthusiasm for the 404 came from years spent around the aircraft as a maintainer, seller and operator. His family business owned two, and its work gave him repeated opportunities to introduce buyers to the type. He compared its handling with a heavy 402C and emphasised the small throttle movements involved in managing the geared engines. The aircraft also had a place in family life.
Ron Caruso
Cessna Flyer · Read the source ↗An unexpected return ends with an instructor’s congratulationsPersonal memoir, chapter on an open baggage door during Cessna 404 service between Alma, Roberval and Montreal. Michael Karp is an editor and host, not the pilot narrator.
Landreville remembers a winter evening when the regular service stopped at Roberval to collect more passengers. Shortly after the aircraft lifted off, the nose baggage door swung open. The crew returned through snow for an instrument approach, with Landreville worried about what might happen if the door broke away. Back on the ground, they found no damage, secured the compartment and prepared to continue.
Richard Landreville
Richard Landreville; hosted by Michael Karp · Read the source ↗Developer documentation
Cessna 404 Titan — product listingCessna 404 Titan · X-Plane 12
Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogue
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Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developersAircraft background
Cessna 404 TitanWikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1371192825 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
MSFS 2024 FAQ and edition aircraft inventoryMicrosoftType designator
ICAO Doc 8643 — aircraft type designatorsInternational Civil Aviation Organization · Public search data retrieved 2026-09-14; authority update 2026-09-03Product
Cessna 404 Titan for XP12 and XP11-xhangar-c404titanstore.x-plane.org · Product listing captured 2026-09-23; edition scope from the reviewed catalogueBuilt-in force-feedback profiles
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Catalogue programme-20261022-v1 · 2 profile choices
X-Hangar Cessna 404 Titan
X-Hangar · Free and Pro · Revision 3 · Inherited starting point
X-Plane 12
X-Hangar Cessna 404 Titan: The nominal yoke response remains independent of electrically controlled hydraulic gear and of piston-engine count.
Cessna 404 Titan
Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Partial review
MSFS 2024
Cessna 404 Titan: The nominal yoke response remains independent of electrically controlled hydraulic gear and of piston-engine count.
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