Single-Engine Piston

Cessna 182 Skylane

The Cessna 182 Skylane offers step-up performance from the 172 with a larger engine, retractable or fixed gear options, and greater payload capacity for cross-country flying.

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Cessna 182 Skylane Overview

Typical Specifications

Manufacturer
Cessna
Model
182 Skylane
Production Years
1956-present
Engine
Lycoming O-540 / IO-540
Category
Single-Engine Piston

Buyer Considerations

  • Verify FAA registration status is current and not expired or revoked
  • Check NTSB records for any accidents or incidents tied to this specific airframe
  • Review applicable Airworthiness Directives (ADs) for the Cessna 182 Skylane airframe and Lycoming O-540 / IO-540 engine
  • Trace the chain of registered owners, and note where the FAA’s records for the airframe begin
  • Order the aircraft’s complete records from the FAA or a records agency for the major repair and alteration paperwork, which is not in any machine-readable federal source — then have your mechanic check each applicable directive against the logbooks

Why run a TailCheck on a Cessna 182 Skylane?

Before purchasing any used Cessna 182 Skylane, a thorough review of the federal record is essential. TailCheck reads four of them — the FAA registration and owner of record, NTSB accidents matched to the airframe by serial number, the airworthiness directives whose applicability statement names the make and model, and the chain of registered owners — against each other, and hands you the questions they raise for the seller and the mechanic. Each record is stamped with the date of the file we read it in, and the report says on its own page what it did not check and where to buy it.

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Federal records read, each dated

Minutes

Typical delivery time

$39

Full report price

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