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Single-Engine Piston

1963 Cessna 172D

🕒 Listed 2 weeks ago
$129,500
fyiEstimate $126,000–$129,000 ⓘ How this estimate is built

Starts from the median asking price of 141 comparable Cessna Single-Engine Piston listings ($129,500), then adjusts for:

  • Year -3 vs comparable listings -4.5%
  • No ADS-B (56% of comps have one) -1.5%
  • Market supply: 2 for sale of 471 FAA-registered +4.6%

Shown as a range. An estimate from asking-price comparables and FAA supply data — not an appraisal.

1963
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N2557Y ✈ Flight Tracking
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17249847
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1
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Saddle Mountain LLC
Per the FAA aircraft registry (public record)
📍 Cave Creek, AZ

Overview

Make / ModelCessna 172D
TypeSingle-Engine Piston
Airframe time—

Description

1963 Cessna 172D aircraft listing.

Modifications

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Recommended avionics upgrades

Garmin GTN 650Xi

No IFR GPS navigator is listed — a GTN 650Xi is the standard entry point for WAAS/LPV capability.

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Garmin GFC 500 autopilot

No autopilot is listed — a GFC 500 (or S-TEC 3100 / Trio Pro Pilot where the GFC isn't STC'd) adds a modern digital autopilot with envelope protection, subject to model approval.

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Garmin GTX 345 (ADS-B In/Out)

No ADS-B is listed — a GTX 345 delivers required ADS-B Out plus In (traffic & weather) in one transponder.

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Suggestions are based on the panel described in this listing; verify STC approval for this make/model before any installation.

Service Difficulty Reports (SDRs)

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Airworthiness Directives (ADs)

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Operating costs & specifications — Cessna 172D

Typical model-level figures for the Cessna 172D (not this specific airframe).

$20,421annual budget · 140 hrs/yr
$82variable cost / hour
$0.72cost per nm
7.0gph fuel burn
$82,319avg pre-owned asking fyiEstimate  $126,000–$129,000

Performance & dimensions

Range515 nm
Cruise speed114 kts · 131 mph
Takeoff / landing865.0 / 520.0

About this plane

Single engine piston aircraft with fixed landing gear. The 172D seats up to 3 passengers plus 1 pilot.

Range from base

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Last flight

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