Cessna 182 Skylane — U.S. Fleet History Data
Piston · 13,777 aircraft on the U.S. registry · built 1943–2026
NTSB records whose airframe serial does not match the aircraft currently holding the registration are excluded, as are service difficulty reports filed while a registration belonged to a different aircraft. U.S. registrations get reused; these counts are reconciled to the airframes actually in this fleet.
Where this fleet reports maintenance difficulties
FAA Service Difficulty Reports filed against Cessna 182 Skylane airframes, grouped by JASC system chapter — a factual picture of what mechanics actually report on this type.
- 85 — Reciprocating Engine : 128 reports
- 32 — Landing Gear : 69 reports
- 53 — Fuselage : 57 reports
- 74 — Ignition : 54 reports
- 28 — Fuel : 47 reports
Recent airworthiness directives matched to this type
- AD 2020-21-22 · effective 2020-12-07 — report of cracks found in the tailcone and horizontal stabilizer attachment structure
- AD 2011-10-09 (recurring) · effective 2011-06-17 — We are superseding an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) 150, 152, 170, 172, 175, 177, 180, 182, 185, 188, 190, 195, 206, 207, 210, T303, 336, and 337 series airplanes. That AD currently requires repetitive inspections and replacement of parts, if necessary, of the seat rail and seat rail holes; seat pin engagement; seat rollers, washers, and axle bolts or bushings; wall thickness of roller housing and the tang; and lock pin springs. This new AD requires retaining all of the actions from the previous AD and adding steps to the inspection procedures in th
- AD 2008-26-10 · effective 2009-01-05 — inspect the alternate static air source selector valve to assure that the part number identification placard does not obstruct the alternate static air source selector valve
- AD 2008-10-02 · effective 2008-05-12 — inspect the alternate static air source selector valve to assure that the part number identification placard does not obstruct the alternate static air source selector valve
- AD 2008-05-09 · effective 2008-04-08 — remove the crew seats, modify the seat base/ back attach brackets, and reinstall the seats of the affected airplanes
ADs published since 1995 in our Federal Register database — the full list of directives applicable to an older airframe is longer; build it at drs.faa.gov. Open/superseded status reflects our last sync. Compliance for a specific airframe can only be verified in its logbooks — that's exactly what our per-aircraft report flags.
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