Aircraft model
CESSNA 195B
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 195B is the final and most powerful Cessna 195, with the 275 hp Jacobs R-755-B2. It cruises at 135 knots and carries five people, and it looks like nothing else on an airfield. Production ended in 1954 and the survivors are maintained by a devoted and well-organised owner community.
The extra power helps on takeoff and in the climb but does not change the two facts that govern ownership: a radial engine that is expensive and specialised to overhaul, and a narrow-track spring-steel landing gear with a serious ground-loop record. The optional crosswind gear, which castors to allow landing in a crab, is worth seeking out. Hangarage is effectively mandatory to protect the polished finish and the airframe. Insurance requires genuine tailwheel time in type.
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- CESSNA 195B
What it is
| Seats | 5 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Jacobs R-755-B2 (radial) |
| Horsepower | 275 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1952 |
| Production end | 1954 |
| Endorsements required | high-performance;tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 135 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 600 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,300 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,100 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 51 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 5 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,200 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 720 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,350 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,150 lb |
| Usable fuel | 80 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 15.4 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $100,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $275,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,200 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $48,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $78,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 189 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 122 |
| Median year built | 1953.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 9 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 73.771 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 73.772 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 20 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 16.393 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 122 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 122 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 122 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1.2 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 8.8 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | 0.1 of 103 |
| Support | 5.8 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 3.7 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 19.6 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 38.47 · 74 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 1,823.
- Support: class median 96.
- Liquidity: class median 17.67.
- 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.