Models · Cessna · Piston singles · data as of October 5, 2026

Cessna 182 Skylane

11,828 on the U.S. register across 20 versions the FAA records separately. Built from 1956 to 2026; half of them date from 1972 or earlier. Texas has the most (1,151). 44% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are never named here.

About the 182 from the FAA's model table

Type: Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power: Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines: Cont Motor O-470 Series (9,369), Lycoming Io-540 Ser (971), Lycoming Io-540-Ab1A5 (767)
Seats: 4
Cruise speed: about 119 mph
Built of: aluminium
Makers on the register: Cessna, Textron Aviation Inc, Cessna Aircraft Co
Registered: earliest certificate March 18, 1964; newest October 5, 2026

Where they are owner's state

Texas1,151California1,096Florida599Washington528Alabama423Arizona404Montana378Idaho366Colorado355Oregon321Alaska318Georgia293

Who owns them registrant type

Individual4,999 (42%)LLC3,177 (27%)Corporation1,737 (15%)Co-owned1,567 (13%)Partnership171 (1%)Government163 (1%)Non-citizen corporation10 (0.1%)Not stated3 (0.0%)Non-citizen co-owned1 (0.0%)

Versions as the FAA records them · click one to list only those aircraft

Version	Registered	Built	Share
182P	2,099	1943 to 1984	17.7%
182Q	1,565	1974 to 1984	13.2%
182T	1,312	2001 to 2026	11.1%
182A	784	1947 to 1959	6.6%
182S	606	1988 to 2003	5.1%
182R	487	1980 to 1986	4.1%
182J	487	1965 to 1966	4.1%
182	446	1955 to 2012	3.8%
182M	432	1966 to 1969	3.7%
182H	423	1960 to 1966	3.6%
182K	413	1966 to 1976	3.5%
182L	410	1967 to 1968	3.5%
182B	406	1958 to 1959	3.4%
182G	391	1963 to 1965	3.3%
182E	380	1961 to 1962	3.2%
182N	336	1969 to 1971	2.8%
182F	294	1962 to 1963	2.5%
182C	282	1959 to 1960	2.4%
182D	270	1958 to 1962	2.3%
182RG	5	1978 to 1985	0.0%

When they were built by decade · 1,462 with no year on file

Registrations by year certificates issued since 2010, including changes of owner · 2026 is the year so far

Registration status

Valid11,688 (99%)Pending76 (0.6%)Sale reported24 (0.2%)Valid (manufacturer)19 (0.2%)Reports overdue8 (0.1%)Pending cancellation5 (0.0%)

Airworthiness certificate class

Standard11,430 (97%)None on file188 (2%)Multiple103 (0.9%)Restricted62 (0.5%)Experimental34 (0.3%)Special flight permit10 (0.1%)

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

Civil Air Patrol251Barr Air Patrol LLC30Textron Aviation INC28Van Bortel Aircraft INC27Civil Air Patrol INC20Bas Part Sales LLC19Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC17Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC14State of Louisiana13Westbank Fishing LLC12National Aircraft Leasing CORP12Energy Transfer Aviation LLC12

Fleet pages: Civil Air Patrol · Barr Air Patrol LLC · Textron Aviation INC · Van Bortel Aircraft INC · Civil Air Patrol INC · Bas Part Sales LLC · Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC · Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC

Accident history NTSB records · 2,790 cases since 1982, 539 fatal

2026-09-20WPR26LA353 · 182P N7337N · accident near Warren, ID · serious injuries

2026-07-12ERA26FA269 · 182 N43TB · accident near Piseco, NY · 1 killed

2026-06-20ERA26LA244 · 182S N7270H · accident near Naples, FL · no injuries

2026-06-19ANC26LA058 · 182Q N828PB · accident near Beaver, AK · no injuries

2026-06-13ERA26LA278 · 182T N505CP · accident near Fredericksburg, VA · no injuries

2026-06-11ERA26LA250 · 182 N70933 · accident near Charlotte, VT · no injuries

2026-05-28CEN26LA214 · 182 N2056X · accident near Dickinson, ND · no injuries

2026-05-28GAA26WA287 · 182 HK1519 · incident near San Antonio, outside the U.S. · no injuries

The 8 most recent of 2,790 cases where the NTSB's make and model match this family's versions. Each aircraft's own page also shows its record. How this model compares with others, with the fleet taken into account: Accidents by model in Aviation Analytics.

Questions people ask answers refresh every morning

How many Cessna 182 Skylane aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

11,828 as of October 5, 2026, counting 20 versions the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Cessna 182s?

Texas, with 1,151.

Who owns the Cessna 182?

44% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are never named on this site.

What is the Cessna 182 made of?

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. The FAA's type certificate data sheet is the authority for any one model.

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Cessna 182 the component layer

The airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1,189 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 107 of them in the last ten years: about 0.1 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.

Failure reports 1,189 since 1995 · what operators and shops told the FAA

By system

Engine449 (38%)Airframe structure247 (21%)Propeller116 (10%)Landing gear88 (7%)Fuel system77 (6%)Flight controls65 (5%)Cabin, seats and restraints53 (4%)Electrical power40 (3%)

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bulkhead88Cylinder50Hub31Support31Fitting26Exhaust Valve24Pushrod24Skin22Gasket21Magneto20

Latest reports

2026-10-05Arm: backed out · flight controls

2026-09-15Bolt: unsecure · electrical power

2026-08-27Cylinder: separated · engine

2026-04-28Light: broken · electrical power

2026-03-30Cable: frayed · flight controls

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how the 182 links to the rest of the register

Design

Cessna 72,697 aircraft on the register
Cessna 182P 2,099 registered
Cessna 182Q 1,565 registered
Cessna 182T 1,312 registered
Cessna 182A 784 registered
Cessna 182S 606 registered
Cessna 182J 487 registered
14 more versions
Type certificate 3A13 · held by Textron Aviation INC
Built of aluminium

Engines

Continental O-470 series 9,369 of these aircraft · 230 hp
Lycoming IO-540 series 971 of these aircraft · 300 hp
Lycoming IO-540-AB1A5 767 of these aircraft · 230 hp
Continental O-470R 63 of these aircraft · 230 hp
Continental IO-470 series 58 of these aircraft · 260 hp

Where they are

Texas 1,151 of these aircraft
California 1,096 of these aircraft
Florida 599 of these aircraft
Washington 528 of these aircraft
Alabama 423 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Civil Air Patrol 251 of these aircraft
Barr Air Patrol LLC 30 of these aircraft
Textron Aviation INC 28 of these aircraft
Van Bortel Aircraft INC 27 of these aircraft
Civil Air Patrol INC 20 of these aircraft

Record

NTSB accidents and incidents involving the 182 2,790 cases since 1982 · 539 fatal
FAA filings this year on these aircraft 555 filings · 370 bill of sale, 93 loan or lien, 83 loan release

Airworthiness

Failure reports filed on the 182 1,189 reports since 1995

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/model/cessna/182.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 11,828

Tail no.	Maker and model	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N6700T	Cessna 182F	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N8918T	Cessna 182C	Airtime LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N2174V	Cessna 182T	Rjr Leasing LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N8389S	Cessna 182H	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N71204	Cessna 182M	Northwest Alabama Aviation LLC Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Standard	2012-01-10	Valid
N2490X	Cessna 182H	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N910LF	Cessna 182T	Nby Productions Bristow, Virginia	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N3100Y	Cessna 182E	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2012-01-04	Valid
N3568Y	Cessna 182F	Aerial Adventures Demo INC Hopewell, Virginia	Standard	2012-01-04	Valid
N9335E	Cessna 182R	Co-owned owner New Jersey	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N17011	Cessna 182T	Saunders Aviation LLC South Portland, Maine	Standard	2011-12-29	Valid
N3450F	Cessna 182J	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2011-12-29	Valid
N116VG	Cessna 182S	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-28	Valid
N2797F	Cessna 182J	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-28	Valid
N7436Q	Cessna 182P	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2011-12-27	Valid
N71028	Cessna 182M	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-21	Valid
N3741D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2011-12-20	Valid
N8982T	Cessna 182C	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-12-20	Valid
N2566R	Cessna 182K	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N44JG	Cessna 182J	Liberty Industries LLC Washington, District of Columbia	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N649CP	Cessna 182T	Civil Air Patrol Maxwell Afb, Alabama	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N687CP	Cessna 182T	Civil Air Patrol Maxwell Afb, Alabama	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N3700U	Cessna 182G	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N7174E	Cessna 182B	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N3268S	Cessna 182G	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-15	Valid
N4999D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N6275A	Cessna 182	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-08	Valid
N9158X	Cessna 182D	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2011-12-08	Valid
N182LL	Cessna 182	Skylane Aviation INC Tillar, Arkansas	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N70885	Cessna 182M	Bates Ranches Condon, Oregon	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N8421T	Cessna 182B	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N735AD	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-11-17	Valid
N2170M	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N24470	Cessna 182S	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-11-15	Valid
N3915D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2011-11-14	Valid
N5813B	Cessna 182	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-11-10	Valid
N6953M	Cessna 182P	N6953M Kemt Aircraft LLC Monrovia, California	Standard	2011-11-09	Valid
N232Z	Cessna 182T	Vance Jordan Enterprises INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2011-11-07	Valid
N5408N	Cessna 182Q	Aviation Law LLC Mesa, Arizona	Standard	2011-11-07	Valid
N2005X	Cessna 182H	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-11-03	Valid
N1124B	Cessna 182A	Alaska Homestead Lodge INC Soldotna, Alaska	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N9429X	Cessna 182R	World Missions Outreach Brownsville, Texas	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N2411R	Cessna 182G	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2011-10-31	Valid
N6DR	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2011-10-31	Valid
N9784H	Cessna 182R	Pokey Airlines LLC Reno, Nevada	Standard	2011-10-27	Valid
N3200S	Cessna 182G	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N2996Y	Cessna 182E	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N1756V	Cessna 182T	Mtp Flyers Riverhead, New York	Standard	2011-10-19	Valid
N117AC	Cessna 182L	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N97508	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N9996E	Cessna 182P	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N2652R	Cessna 182K	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N23676	Cessna 182S	A&E Flying Club of Los Angeles INC Hawthorne, California	Standard	2011-10-13	Valid
N2799Q	Cessna 182P	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2011-10-13	Valid
N8557S	Cessna 182H	Little River Aviation LLC Tifton, Georgia	Standard	2011-10-11	Valid
N4791D	Cessna 182A	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-10-05	Valid
N448ES	Cessna 182S	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-10-04	Valid
N8909T	Cessna 182C	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2011-10-03	Valid
N2717G	Cessna 182B	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N86227	Cessna 182P	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N8522T	Cessna 182C	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-09-26	Valid
N9486H	Cessna 182R	Stegehuis Richard L Helenville, Wisconsin	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N96713	Cessna 182Q	Mountain Top LLC Lafayette, Louisiana	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N2349X	Cessna 182S	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-09-19	Valid
N36RC	Cessna 182N	Aiken Air Sales and Rentals LLC Aiken, South Carolina	Standard	2011-09-16	Valid
N231SP	Cessna 182T	Iowa State Patrol Des Moines, Iowa	Standard	2011-09-15	Valid
N5999B	Cessna 182A	Big Bird LLC Prescott, Arizona	Standard	2011-09-14	Valid
N20805	Cessna 182P	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2011-09-13	Valid
N8413S	Cessna 182H	Flying Condors INC Templeton, California	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N8499S	Cessna 182H	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N96885	Cessna 182Q	Chord Line LLC East Hampton, New York	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N5953B	Cessna 182	Elevate Air INC Titusville, Florida	Standard	2011-09-08	Valid
N287TC	Cessna 182N	Aiv Con INC Charlevoix, Michigan	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N9073X	Cessna 182D	Individual owner South Dakota	Multiple	2011-09-06	Valid
N71884	Cessna 182M	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2011-09-02	Valid
N765SR	Cessna 182Q	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2011-09-02	Valid
N5431B	Cessna 182	Ri Skydiving Aircraft LLC Middletown, Rhode Island	Standard	2011-09-01	Valid
N5899B	Cessna 182A	Ri Skydiving Aircraft LLC Middletown, Rhode Island	Standard	2011-09-01	Valid
N8714T	Cessna 182C	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2011-09-01	Valid
N779MD	Cessna 182M	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2011-08-30	Valid
N96510	Cessna 182Q	T34B LLC Seattle, Washington	Standard	2011-08-26	Valid
N182PG	Cessna 182Q	Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2011-08-25	Valid
N343ME	Cessna 182S	Co-owned owner West Virginia	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N4434K	Cessna 182	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N7045Q	Cessna 182P	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N2954F	Cessna 182J	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N42975	Cessna 182L	47Q LLC Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N95981	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N759LD	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner North Dakota	None on file	2011-08-18	Valid
N21000	Cessna 182P	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-08-15	Valid
N735XT	Cessna 182Q	Ventura Aviation LLC Emerald Isle, North Carolina	Standard	2011-08-15	Valid
N413RD	Cessna 182T	Dos Amigos Air Service LLC Carrizo Springs, Texas	Standard	2011-08-12	Valid
N735YW	Cessna 182Q	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-08-12	Valid
N759TV	Cessna 182Q	Jimmy Mac LLC Sun Valley, Idaho	Standard	2011-08-12	Valid
N237AJ	Cessna 182S	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2011-08-10	Valid
N21358	Cessna 182P	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2011-08-09	Valid
N2069X	Cessna 182H	Co-owned owner Connecticut	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N48WE	Cessna 182P	Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N918CT	Cessna 182M	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N2562Q	Cessna 182K	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2011-08-05	Valid