Aircraft model
CESSNA T182T
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The turbocharged Skylane, built from 2001. The turbocharger lets the engine make full power up to about 20,000 feet, so the aeroplane cruises near 158 knots in the high teens and climbs well out of hot, high airfields where a normally aspirated 182 struggles. It is aimed at owners who fly in the mountain west, or who want to get above weather and pick up tailwinds. The airframe and engine never changed; the panel did, in stages. Through 2003 every T182T has a conventional round-dial panel with Bendix/King radios and a KAP 140 autopilot. The Garmin G1000 became an option for the 2004 model year and standard equipment from 2007, so a 2004, 2005 or 2006 aircraft can be either and has to be checked. The G1000 aircraft gained the Garmin GFC 700 autopilot in 2007 and inflatable seat-belt airbags as standard in 2009. Cessna stopped building the turbocharged Skylane in 2013 and brought it back in 2023 with the G1000 NXi and a built-in oxygen system, so a current aircraft is a decade newer than the one before it.
The cost of that capability is significant. Turbocharged engines run hotter, are less tolerant of careless power handling, and cost more at overhaul with a shorter service life for the turbocharger and exhaust system — cracked exhaust components are the type's recurring maintenance item and are a carbon-monoxide risk if ignored. Flying in the high teens also means using supplemental oxygen on every long trip, which is a logistical nuisance. Payload is the worst of the 182 family at about 520 lb with full tanks. If most of your flying is below 10,000 feet in flat country, the normally aspirated 182T does the same job for less money and less trouble.
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- CESSNA T182T
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Lycoming TIO-540-AK1A (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 235 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 2001 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 158 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 970 nm |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,040 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 49 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,385 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,350 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,040 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 518 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,100 lb |
| Empty weight | 2,060 lb |
| Usable fuel | 87 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 13.6 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $250,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $980,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,800 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $62,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $88,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 1,078 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 780 |
| Median year built | 2006.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 17 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 6 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 21.791 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 15.382 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 252 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 32.313 |
| Airworthiness directives | 14 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 780 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 780 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 780 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 9.4 of 101 |
| Severity | 0.8 of 102 |
| Access | 4.4 of 103 |
| Support | 10 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 34.4 out of 506 |
These record scores treat CESSNA T182T as one design with the same aircraft registered under other names: it includes 97 aircraft registered under TEXTRON AVIATION INC. Prices are not combined.
- 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.