Cessna 401 - advice, please

[fernytickles]

Can anyone give me their thoughts and opinions on these aircraft, please.

I may have the opportunity to fly one and have heard varying reports, including "don't touch on with a long barge-pole", so would appreciate others thoughts to pad out my indecison!

Thanks.

[ironbutt57]

can't give you too much tech detail...but they fly real nice, dependable direct drive (not geared) tsio 520's when overhauled with heavy cases etc...etc...are a reasonably reliable aircraft...probably most are high time airframe wise, but have flown them, and known people that operated them with reasonable success...as opposed to the geared-engine variant...the 411