Cessna P337H
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The P337H is the last pressurised Skymaster, built 1978-80 with 225 hp turbocharged Continentals, the two-tank fuel system and airstair door of the late 337s, and a 20,000 ft certified ceiling. Aviation Consumer puts the turbo and pressurised models at 190-200 knots at altitude and 170-180 knots in the middle altitudes.
Owners call it the cheapest ride to the flight levels ever sold, and the maintenance bill is why: tightly packed turbocharged systems, pressurisation leak-hunting and rear-engine cooling on an airframe that trades cheap. Aviation Consumer's verdict on the 1975-80 Pawnee Division production is unflattering, and a shop that knows the breed should do the pre-buy. Insurance is the binding constraint for a low-time buyer - few underwriters quote it and pressurisation raises the bar above the unpressurised 337. The engine-out story is the type's strength (no swing, no Vmc), and the known trap is the rear engine dying unannounced. Weights and cruise are blank because no P337H POH or TCDS page was read; the dimensions are the 337 family's.
Variants of the Cessna 337 Skymaster
- 337 · 1965 · 50 active
- 337A · 1966 · 55 active
- 337B · 1967 · 40 active
- M337B · 1967 · 34 active
- 337C · 1968 · 33 active
- 337D · 1969 · 42 active
- 337E · 1970 · 21 active
- 337F · 1971 · 24 active
- 337G · 1973 · 97 active
- T-337 · 1973 · 0 active
- T337G · 1973 · 118 active
- 337H · 1978 · 10 active
- P337H · 1978 · 31 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 15.6 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 5–6 seat twin pistons (57 models)
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- Cessna P337H
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What it is
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 2 |
| Engine | Continental TSIO-360 (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 225 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1978 |
| Production end | 1980 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance;multi-engine;pressurized/high-altitude |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | — |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 6 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | — |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $129,500 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $300,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 61 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 31 |
| Median year built | 1979 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 96.77 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 32.26 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 10 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 32.26 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 6 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 31 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 31 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 31 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 5-6 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 4.1 of 103 |
| Support | 2.2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.3 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 15.6 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 29.1 · 57 models in class.
- Severity: class median 33.33.
- Access: class median 2,924.5.
- Support: class median 55.
- Liquidity: class median 21.95.
- 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. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30