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Cessna C-37

6 on the U.S. register. Built from 1937 to 1938; half of them date from 1937 or earlier. Minnesota has the most (3). 0% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals, who are not named here at this time.

About the C-37 from the FAA's model table

Type
Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston singles
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 engine
Common engines
Warner Ss40&50 (5), Warner Ss165 Series (1)
Seats
4
Cruise speed
about 125 mph
Built of
steel tube, wood and fabric · The Airmaster of the 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wing, fabric.
Maker on the register
Cessna
Registered
earliest certificate September 3, 1997; newest August 3, 2022

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Minnesota3
Washington1
Texas1
Kansas1

Who owns them registrant type

By owner type, as a table
aircraftshare
Individual583%
Co-owned117%

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

VersionRegisteredBuiltShare
C-3761937 to 1938100.0%

When they were built by decade · 3 with no year on file

0122331930
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19303

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

Registrations by year, as a table
aircraft
20131
20211
20223

Registration status

By status, as a table
aircraftshare
Valid6100%

Airworthiness certificate class

By airworthiness certificate, as a table
aircraftshare
Standard6100%

Biggest operators companies, schools and clubs

No data

Accident history NTSB records · 1 cases since 1982, 1 fatal

2006-03-06DFW06LA078 · C-37 N18045 · accident near Fittstown, OK · 1 killed

The 1 most recent of 1 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 C-37 aircraft are registered in the U.S.?

6 as of October 23, 2026, counting 1 version the FAA records separately.

Which state has the most Cessna C-37s?

Minnesota, with 3.

Who owns the Cessna C-37?

0% are registered to companies, flight schools, clubs and other organisations; the rest to individuals and co-owners, who are not named on this site at this time.

When were the Cessna C-37s on the register built?

Between 1937 and 1938; half of them in 1937 or earlier.

How many Cessna C-37 accidents has the NTSB recorded?

1 accidents and incidents since 1982, 1 of them fatal. A model flown more shows more; the accident analytics compare models per thousand registered.

What is the Cessna C-37 made of?

A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Airmaster of the 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wing, fabric. 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 C-37 the component layer

A welded steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, all covered in fabric: the construction of the 1930s and 1940s, which makes wood rot and fabric age the inspection items. The Airmaster of the 1930s: steel-tube fuselage, wooden wing, fabric. The design is held under 1 type certificate (ATC 622, held by Cessna Aircraft Company). No FAA order in the current files names this model. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 2014, 1 of them in the last ten years: about 16.7 a year for every 100 aircraft on the register; the system most often named is engine.

Failure reports 1 since 2014 · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011114
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
141

By system

Failure reports by system, as a table
reportsshare
Engine1100%

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Manifold1

Latest reports

2014-03-28Manifold: leaking · engine

Approved replacement parts 2 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this design and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: fuel quantity (1), fuel placard (1).

Certificates and bulletins

ATC 622Type certificate held by Cessna Aircraft Company · 1 model listed

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 C-37 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engines
Where they are
Record
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/model/cessna/c-37.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N17057 Cessna
C-37
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2022-08-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N17090 Cessna
C-37
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2022-08-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18035 Cessna
C-37
Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2022-08-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18591 Cessna
C-37
Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2021-04-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18599 Cessna
C-37
Co-owned owner
Kansas
Standard 2013-02-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N17086 Cessna
C-37
Individual owner
Washington
Standard 1997-09-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes