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CESSNA 185 AMPHIBIAM

Name: CESSNA 185 AMPHIBIAM
Brand: Amphibian
Price: 265000 USD
Availability: InStock

1961 Amphibian

Listed today

About this aircraft

$265,000 · AVAILABLE FOR SALE · 1961 185 Skywagon W/Continental IO-520 36hr,EDO floats.Located in Belgium

Specifications

Year: 1961
Engine time (SMOH): 36 hrs
Engine: Continental IO-520

How this stacks up

1 in this listing's favor

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
Engine has life left
1,664 hrs to TBO (98% of the 1,700-hr Continental IO-520 interval remaining) — an overhaul is well down the road
3/5 key specs
Most key specs are provided; verify any missing details with the seller

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.

Engine Life

Based on 36 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 1,700 hr TBO for the Continental IO-520.

1,664 hrsto TBO

98% of TBO remaining

Engine reserve budget~$1,647/yr · ~$16/hr

Estimated overhaul cost ($28,000) spread over 1,700 hr TBO at 100 hrs/yr — a rule of thumb, not a quote.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Engine reserve from the panel above is folded into the split. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$2,191/mo$26,297/yr

≈ $263 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$265,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $11,297 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$265,000	$2,191/mo	$26,297/yr
1/2 share	$132,500	$1,596/mo	$19,149/yr
1/3 share	$88,333	$1,397/mo	$16,766/yr
1/4 share	$66,250	$1,298/mo	$15,574/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, engine reserve) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$265,000

Listing trust

1/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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