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CESSNA 180H

Name: CESSNA 180H
Brand: Float Plane
Price: 225000 USD
Availability: InStock

1965 Float Plane

Mckinney, TX Listed today

About this aircraft

$225,000 · ACCEPTING OFFERS · 1965 Cessna 180H Airframe TT 5988, Continental O-470 183 hours SMOH everything firewall forward is brand new engine overhauled at continental. Factory seaplane kit. Kenmore Air max Gross increase to 3190 has the 185 vertical stabilizer. Sportsman STOL kit. Garmin 175 GPS, Garmin 275 MFD, Garmin GTX 345 transponder, KMA 24 terrain alerting. 2 KX155 nav radios with 2 VOR instruments 1 with glideslope. G2 Insight engine monitor Wet sump vacuum pump. Includes main gear (tailwheel) and 2 sets of floats, Aqua 3190s (straight floats) EDO 2790s (Amphib)

Specifications

Year: 1965
Total time (TTAF): 5,988 hrs
Engine time (SMOH): 183 hrs
Engine: Continental O-470
Damage history: None reported

Avionics & panel

GPS navigator installed

GPS navigator listed. Verify WAAS capability and IFR certification with the owner.

GPS navigator

Garmin 175 GPS
Garmin 275 MFD
Garmin GTX 335 transponder
KMA 24 terrain alerting
KX155 nav radios
VOR instruments
G2 Insight engine monitor

Equipment list extracted from the seller's description. Verify with logbooks before purchase.

How this stacks up

2 in this listing's favor

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
No damage reported
The listing reports no prior damage — the seller's description, not the logbooks, so confirm it at a pre-buy
Engine has life left
1,317 hrs to TBO (88% of the 1,500-hr Continental O-470 interval remaining) — an overhaul is well down the road
4/5 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 183 hrs since overhaul (SMOH) and the published 1,500 hr TBO for the Continental O-470.

1,317 hrsto TBO

88% of TBO remaining

≈ 13.5 years to overhaul at its historical pace

1,317hrs left ÷ this aircraft's ~98 hrs/yr average. A rough projection — your own flying rate will change the timeline.

Engine reserve budget~$1,467/yr · ~$15/hr

Estimated overhaul cost ($22,000) spread over 1,500 hr TBO at 100 hrs/yr — a rule of thumb, not a quote.

Airframe time

Average over the aircraft's life — 5,988 hrs total time across ~61 years. A rule of thumb, not a guarantee.

≈98 hrs/yrTypical

Typical utilization

This airframe has averaged about 98 hrs/year over ~61 years — in the normal range for a personal aircraft: regularly exercised without being worked hard.

Damage history

Reported in the listing — confirm against the airframe and engine logbooks.

No damage history reportedNone reported

This listing reports no prior damage. That is a positive sign, but the flag reflects the seller’s description, not the logbooks — confirm it during a pre-buy. Undocumented or unrepaired damage is a classic red flag, so have an independent inspector review the airframe and engine records before you commit.

Pre-purchase inspection guide

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

$2,143/mo$25,717/yr

≈ $257 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$225,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $10,717 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$225,000	$2,143/mo	$25,717/yr
1/2 share	$112,500	$1,572/mo	$18,859/yr
1/3 share	$75,000	$1,381/mo	$16,572/yr
1/4 share	$56,250	$1,286/mo	$15,429/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

$225,000

Listing trust

2/4

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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