Aircraft model
CESSNA 337G
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The 337G is the most developed unpressurised Skymaster, with a higher gross weight, much more fuel and a useful load close to 2,000 lb. It carries six people a thousand nautical miles at 165 knots with no asymmetric handling to worry about.
This is the version most worth having if the layout suits you. The centreline thrust genuinely does remove the hardest part of twin flying, which is why the type was used for military forward air control and for surveillance work where an engine failure over hostile ground mattered. Against that: two engines and two propellers to overhaul, a light-twin annual, persistent rear-engine cooling issues, and a rating limitation that restricts a multi-engine certificate earned in one. Fuel burn is around 22 gallons an hour total.
Compare with…
Put CESSNA 337G side by side with up to two other models.
- CESSNA 337G
What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Continental IO-360-G |
| Horsepower | 210 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1973 |
| Production end | 1980 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 165 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 1,000 nm |
| Service ceiling | 19,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 64 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,700 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,650 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,930 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 1,162 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 4,630 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,700 lb |
| Usable fuel | 128 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 23.5 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $85,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $150,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $34,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $48,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 290 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 97 |
| Median year built | 1975.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 30.93 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 10.31 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 30 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 30.93 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 8 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 97 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 97 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 97 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 9.6 of 103 |
| Support | 6.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 8.7 of 105 |
- Accident record: class median 28.74 · 56 models in class.
- Severity: class median 33.33.
- Access: class median 2,812.25.
- Support: class median 57.
- Liquidity: class median 21.91.
- 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.