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1961 C 172B SKYHAWK

Name: 1961 C 172B SKYHAWK
Brand: Cessna
Price: 55000 USD
Availability: InStock

1961 Cessna 172

Holly Ridge, NC Listed today

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About this aircraft

$55,000 · FOR SALE BY OWNER · 4672 hr TT 2521 hr SMOH, and 15 hr STOH with 6 new Superior Millennium cylinders, conversion to 50 amp ER14-50 alternator. Great affordable, good flying airplane for building time. I have all the logbooks. Selling because I don't have time to fly any more. Last annual October 2025. King KX 170B Nav/Com radio, King KT76TSO mode C transponder, Uavionix ADB-S in/out wingtip LED pos w/strobes, LED landing/taxi lights. 2 place intercom w/ PTT. Hangared at KACZ

Specifications

Year: 1961

How this stacks up

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Below market
$69,000 (56%) below the family-wide median of 71 Cessna 172 listings (year & hours not controlled)
Listed today
Listed more recently than ~100% of the 71 comparable Cessna 172 listings still for sale
1/5 key specs
Key information is missing — ask the seller about hours, engine time, and registration

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, 100 hrs/yr fuel + oil. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,879/mo$22,550/yr

≈ $226 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$55,000 to buy (the asking price)

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$55,000	$1,879/mo	$22,550/yr
1/2 share	$27,500	$1,440/mo	$17,275/yr
1/3 share	$18,333	$1,293/mo	$15,517/yr
1/4 share	$13,750	$1,220/mo	$14,638/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$55,000

~56% below market · $124k median · 71 comps

ClubHanger Estimate

Below market

Asking $69,000 (56%) below the median Cessna 172 listing.

71 other Cessna 172 listings for sale now range $5,000–$435,000 (median $124,000) — this one is priced above 6% of them.

$5,000$435,000

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Compares this asking price to all Cessna 172 listings — actual value also depends on year, hours, and avionics. An estimate, not an appraisal or an offer.

Listed today — listed more recently than ~100% of the 71 similar Cessna 172 listings for sale now