Aircraft model
CESSNA TR182
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Turbo Skylane RG, built 1979-1986: a 182 with retractable gear and a turbocharged 235 hp Lycoming. It cruises at about 168 knots in the high teens with nearly 1,300 lb of useful load and 950 nautical miles of range, which makes it one of the more genuinely capable four-seat piston singles ever built and a favourite in mountain country.
It carries two significant costs. The hydraulic landing gear system is the 182RG's known weakness — power pack and actuator leaks, worn saddles and pivots, and a history of gear problems when maintenance is deferred; a full gear swing and a review of the system's service history are mandatory at purchase. The turbocharger adds a second: hotter running, shorter effective engine life, and an exhaust system that must be inspected carefully because cracks are both a power and a carbon monoxide problem. Insurance requires complex and high-performance endorsements and retractable time. For a pilot who genuinely uses the altitude capability it earns its keep; for flatland flying a fixed-gear 182 is far cheaper.
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- CESSNA TR182
What it is
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Lycoming O-540-L3C5D (turbocharged) |
| Horsepower | 235 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1979 |
| Production end | 1986 |
| Endorsements required | complex;high-performance |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 168 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 950 nm |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,140 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 49 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | 1,570 ft |
| Landing over 50 ft | 1,320 ft |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 4 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 1,290 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 762 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 3,100 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,810 lb |
| Usable fuel | 88 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 13.6 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $115,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $300,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 2,000 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $45,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $64,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 725 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 465 |
| Median year built | 1979.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 21 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 45.161 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 43.012 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 107 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 23.013 |
| Airworthiness directives | 7 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 465 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 465 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 465 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 3.4 of 101 |
| Severity | 4.6 of 102 |
| Access | 5.1 of 103 |
| Support | 7.6 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 7.3 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 28 out of 506 |
- 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.