1981 Cessna 182R

Description

• If you’re looking for a Skylane that can do it all — haul the family on a weekend cross-country, shoot approaches in actual IMC, and still make sense as a time-builder you won’t feel bad flying often — this is it.
• The panel is the standout here. The Garmin GFC 500 is the same digital autopilot going into new-production Cessnas, Cirruses, and Cubs — smooth, reliable, envelope-protected, and a massive step up from the old servo/vacuum autopilots most 182s of this era are still carrying. Paired with dual Garmin G5s for attitude and HSI, and a GTN 650 with Flight Stream 510 for GPS/nav/com and wireless flight plan transfer to your iPad, you’ve got a genuinely modern IFR platform that flies like a much newer airplane.
• The JPI EDM 900 rounds it out as a full engine and systems monitor — real-time CHT/EGT on all cylinders, fuel flow, and trend data that takes the guesswork out of leaning and gives you an early warning system most 182 owners wish they had. Combined with ADS-B In/Out via the GTX 355, you’re flying with the kind of situational awareness that makes long trips genuinely relaxing instead of a workload.
• This is the kind of airplane that’s equally at home training you toward your instrument rating, building cross-country PIC time, or loading up the family for a weekend away — capable, well-monitored, and priced to be flown, not just admired in the hangar.
• Engine & Prop
• Top overhaul: ~1,535 hrs since major overhaul (TSMOH), completed 2023 @ 1,373 hrs
• 2 brand new cylinders recently installed
• Prop time: ~920 hrs since overhaul (last overhauled 2015)
• Avionics — Modern Glass Panel
• Dual Garmin G5s (CDI/EFIS)
• Garmin GTN 650 GPS/Nav/Comm with Flight Stream 510
• Garmin GFC 500 digital autopilot
• Garmin GTX 355 transponder w/ ADS-B Out
• Bendix/King KX 125 comm radio
• PS Engineering PMA6000M audio panel
• JPI EDM 900 primary engine/systems monitor
• 406 MHz ELT