Cessna 182 Skylane POH & manuals
The 182 ran from 1956 to 1986, restarted in 1997, and turbocharged along the way. Gross weights, fuel capacity, and cowl flap procedure all move between generations, so the model letter matters more here than on a 172.
3 variants · 5 documents · all links checked live
These documents are for reference and study. Editions, serial ranges, and revision levels vary, and none of these copies carries your airplane's weight and balance or equipment list. The current POH or AFM in your aircraft governs every flight.
Best source: Cessna Pilots Association
Paid membership. Best single source across the A-through-T model years, including the pre-1970 books nobody else has.
Handbooks by variant
Open the variant that matches your airplane's model year and serial range. If you are between two of them, read both title pages before you trust a number.
182 / 182A–182P (1956–1976)2 docs
Continental O-470 in several dash numbers. Early books are owner's manuals in the pre-GAMA format, and the fuel-system and cowl-flap procedures changed more than once.
- CPA technical library (membership)cessna.org
Where legacy Skylane books actually live. Copyrighted Textron documents, curated by model year.
- Avialogs aircraft document libraryavialogs.com
Best free hunting ground for pre-1980 handbooks. Avialogs is mid-relaunch, so expect its URLs to move.
182Q / 182R / 182S (1977–1986, 1997–2000)1 doc
Late carbureted years, then the restart: the 182S brought the fuel-injected IO-540 and a modern AFM structure.
- Cessna 182 POHs — 182Q, 182S, 182S information bookletarchive.org
Three documents in one free item. Copyrighted Cessna content hosted on the Internet Archive; the information booklet is not a substitute for the approved POH.
182T / T182T (2001–present)2 docs
Current production. G1000 from the mid-2000s, and the turbo T182T runs different power settings and a different service ceiling than the normally aspirated T.
- 182T POH by section (Sections 1–9)curtinflyingclub.com.au
Club copy split per section, plus a KAP 140 autopilot guide set. Copyrighted Cessna content posted by the operator.
- T182T Skylane TC information manualmanualslib.com
Turbo variant. An information manual mirrors the POH text but omits your airplane's weight and balance and equipment list.
Also worth having
The FAA handbooks are public domain and free, and chapter 10 of the PHAK is the clearest explanation of what each POH section is supposed to tell you. See the FAA handbook list →
Once you have the right handbook, build the card: Cessna 182 Skylane checklist template →