Aircraft model
CESSNA 175B
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 1961 Skylark, from Cessna's attempt to sell an aeroplane between the 172 and the 182. It is a 172 airframe with a geared Continental turning a large slow propeller to extract 175 hp, giving better climb and about eight more knots than a Skyhawk.
The geared engine ruined it commercially and remains the buying question. The GO-300 is designed to run at 3,200 rpm, which sounds wrong to pilots used to conventional engines, so owners habitually operated it too slowly and wrecked gearboxes and cylinders. It gained a reputation for short and expensive engine life it never lost, and shops willing to overhaul one are scarce. A 175 converted to a conventional Lycoming O-360 or Continental O-470 under supplemental type certificate is a genuinely good aeroplane and commands a large premium; establish which you are looking at first.
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- CESSNA 175B
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental GO-300-E (geared) |
| Horsepower | 175 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1961 |
| Production end | 1961 |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 116 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 500 nm |
| Service ceiling | 15,900 ft |
| Climb rate | 850 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 46 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,340 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,155 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 970 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 736 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,350 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,380 lb |
| Usable fuel | 39 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 9.8 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $45,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $90,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,200 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $34,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $48,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 211 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 100 |
| Median year built | 1960.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 301 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 302 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 17 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 173 |
| 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 100 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 100 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 100 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 6 of 103 |
| Support | 4.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 2.5 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 32.28 · 202 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 775.
- Support: class median 147.5.
- Liquidity: class median 19.9.
- 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.