Specifications
AI Description
- Model: CESSNA 208B GRAND CARAVAN
- Condition: Used
- Flight Rules: IFR
- One owner, meticulously maintained
- Set up for aerial research
- Heavily modified for aerial survey work
- Engine: PRATT & WHITNEY PT6A-140
- Engine Time: 6,460 SNEW
- Engine TBO: 4,000 hours
- Engine Cycles: 3,787
- Hot Section Time: 595 hours
- Propeller: 3 blades, 1,095 SOH
- Avionics: GARMIN G1000 (multiple displays)
- Autopilot: GARMIN GFC700
- ADS-B Equipped: Yes
- WAAS: Yes
- LPV: Yes
- SVT: Yes
- Flight Into Known Icing (FIKI): Yes
- Exterior painted in 2015
- Interior year: 2024, with Yingling STC "Oasis" installed
- Annual inspection due: 4/2026
- Airworthy status: Yes
- Additional equipment includes external Shotover Gimbal with 6K camera and interior camera operator workstation.
About this Model
Overview
The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan is a high-wing, fixed-gear turboprop designed around payload, simplicity, and off-airport practicality rather than speed or high-altitude cruise. It is commonly operated as a commuter, charter, freight, medevac, and special-mission platform, where quick turnarounds, rugged handling, and a large, reconfigurable cabin are more important than jet-like trip times.
Mission Fit
The Grand Caravan fits missions that value access and payload over speed: short-to-medium legs, frequent stops, and airfields with limited infrastructure. It is especially well suited to operators needing a single type to cover scheduled commuter runs, ad-hoc charter, and freight with minimal changeover time. For longer legs, passengers may experience more cabin noise and weather variability than in pressurized twins or jets.
Cabin
Cabin comfort is utilitarian and highly dependent on the interior and operator configuration. The wide, boxy cross-section supports a range of seat layouts and quick conversion between passengers and cargo. The high wing and tall cabin volume help with headroom and loading, while the large cargo door and low sill height (relative to many aircraft) make bulky items easier to handle. Noise and vibration levels are typical of single-engine turboprops and vary with insulation packages and propeller configuration.