The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of November 10, 2026

Continental A-80-8

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental A-80-8 engine, rated at about 80 horsepower. The Dean Griswold PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 2023.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Continental A-80-8. FAA spelling: A-80-8.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Fitted to model families

Dean Griswold PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER1Morris KM-21Nadeau Paul J WAGAERO SPORT TRNR1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Dean Griswold PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER1
Morris KM-21
Nadeau Paul J WAGAERO SPORT TRNR1

Dean Griswold PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER · Morris KM-2 · Nadeau Paul J WAGAERO SPORT TRNR

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Washington1
Massachusetts1
Illinois1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles3100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19601
20101
20201

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental A-80-8 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (TC 217, held by Continental Motors INC). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

46-36-01 · Piston Pins · engine

Approved replacement parts 31 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: screw (3), machining (2), impulse coupling (2), air vent (2), woodruff key (1), wave spring (1), washer (1), tag engine (1), spring brush (1), spacer (1).

Certificates and bulletins

TC 217Type certificate held by Continental Motors INC · 5 models listed

Sources: the FAA's type certificate data sheets, airworthiness directives, supplemental type certificates, special conditions and special airworthiness information bulletins (Dynamic Regulatory System), and the FAA's service difficulty reports. A failure report is what an operator or repair station chose to file; the counts show reporting as much as reliability, and larger and commercial fleets report more. How the systems are grouped.

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Where they are
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a-80-8.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N828PN Nadeau Paul J
WAGAERO SPORT TRNR
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Massachusetts
Experimental 2023-02-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N755TL Dean Griswold
PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Experimental 2019-02-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N73867 Morris
KM-2
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2007-10-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), November 10, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.