Aircraft model
CESSNA 150G
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1967 version of Cessna's two-seat trainer. Mechanically it is the same aeroplane as the 150F with cosmetic changes and minor interior revisions. Its purpose is training and cheap local flying; the accepted use of a 150 is to build hours, keep current, and go to breakfast two airfields away rather than to travel.
The economics are the selling point — low purchase price, five to six gallons an hour, and an engine that most shops can overhaul without drama. The limits are real and should not be talked around. Two adults of normal size and full fuel leaves almost nothing for baggage. Climb performance on a hot day at a high-elevation airfield is poor enough to matter. Cabin noise is high and the seats are not adjustable on many examples. Check the nosegear and firewall very carefully: these aircraft were flown by students for decades and hard landings leave a trail. Corrosion and flap-track wear are the other two things to have inspected.
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- CESSNA 150G
What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental O-200-A |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1967 |
| Production end | 1967 |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 102 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 350 nm |
| Service ceiling | 12,650 ft |
| Climb rate | 670 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 42 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,385 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,075 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 595 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 460 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,600 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,005 lb |
| Usable fuel | 22.5 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 5.6 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $26,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $65,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,800 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $24,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $34,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 2,342 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 978 |
| Median year built | 1966.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 24 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 24.541 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 16.362 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 308 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 31.493 |
| Airworthiness directives | 4 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 978 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 978 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 978 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 7.5 of 101 |
| Severity | 2.6 of 102 |
| Access | 6.8 of 103 |
| Support | 9.6 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 8.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 35.3 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 29.1 · 174 models in class.
- Severity: class median 9.09.
- Access: class median 974.
- Support: class median 81.
- Liquidity: class median 20.47.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.