1963 CESSNA 205

Description

Under Contract Only 576 Cessna 205s were ever built, and this one has the history you want. N8170Z is a 1963 Cessna 205 Super Skywagon with approximately 3,988 hours total time on the airframe. It carries no damage history and complete logbooks since new. On top of that, a STOL kit turns this big six-place hauler into a genuine short-field airplane. The Cessna 205 is where the whole Stationair line began. Cessna took the retractable-gear 210, bolted the gear down, and revised the door and seating arrangement. The result was a six-seat utility single that could carry a real load out of a real short field. Officially designated the Model 210-5, it ran for only two model years — 1963 and 1964 — before the Cessna 206 replaced it. Because of that short run, you rarely see one come up for sale. Put a number on that: 1,432 pounds of useful load, and long-range tanks holding 84 gallons. Top off the fuel and you still have better than 900 pounds left for people and bags. Trade some of that fuel back and all six seats fill up easily. Load or legs, you choose on the day — and not much at this price will carry either one out of a short field. What sets N8170Z apart is the airframe underneath it. At approximately 3,988 hours total time, it sits well below the roughly 6,750-hour average for the model. Better still, it has never been damaged, and the logbooks are complete from new. For a 1963 utility airplane that has spent six decades earning its keep, that is an unusually clean record. Consider what is actually scarce here. Cessna built only 576 of these across two model years, and very few came through six decades of utility work with a record like this one. Approximately 3,988 hours total time. No damage history. Complete logbooks since new. A JPI EDM-700 has been recording operating data along the way, so how this airplane has been flown and cared for is documented rather than guessed at. Now look at the market. Clean 205s are asking much more and up. N8170Z is less! You are buying the scarce part — a low-time, undamaged, fully documented airframe with the STOL kit, the wheel pants and 1,432 pounds of useful load already in place — and you keep real room in your budget to finish the airplane exactly the way you want it. For a buyer who intends to own and fly an airplane for years rather than months, that is a strong place to start. The expensive part of modernizing an airplane this age is already behind you. N8170Z meets the ADS-B Out mandate with a uAvionix tailBeacon. Otherwise, the panel is honest 1963 factory instrumentation backed by dual Narco nav/com radios — straightforward, functional, and an inexpensive foundation for future avionics upgrades. In addition, the airplane carries a STOL kit, an LED wingtip and strobe lighting package, wheel pants, and inertial-reel shoulder harnesses. The six-place cabin features cloth-insert seats with leather trim, and the exterior features white with black and gold striping. If you have been waiting for a rare, low-airframe-time, six-seat hauler that you can buy right and make your own, this is the one. Based at Georgetown Municipal Airport (KGTU) in Georgetown, Texas, just north of Austin

Modifications

STOL Kit with Stall Fences LED Strobe/Navigation Lights (2021) and LED Beacon (2022) Wheel Pants Alternator Conversion (Form 337, March 2002) GAMIjectors GA012C, STC SE09217SC (Form 337, June 2002) Leading Edge Exhaust Stacks (Form 337, March 2006) Steve’s Aircraft Gascolator and Throttle/Propeller Control Conversion (Form 337, March 2009) BAS Shoulder Harness Kit, STC SA2067NM — webbing replaced May 2017

Avionics

Dual Narco Nav/Com Radios AT165 Mode A/C Transponder JPI EDM-700 Engine Monitor with Fuel Flow uAvionix tailBeacon ADS-B Out, STC SA04427CH (installed January 2020) Artex ME406 406 MHz ELT — battery due May 2030 Original Factory Flight Instrumentation