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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Continental A100

4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental A100 engine, rated at about 100 horsepower. The Dart GC is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1939 and 1959.

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 A100. FAA spelling: A100.

Fitted to model families

Dart GC3Dart GK1

Dart GC · Dart GK

Where they are owner's state

Missouri2Texas1Kentucky1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles4 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

00011119301194011950

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental A100 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-241, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 2 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 2 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
1981-04-0181-07-06 · AC Fuel Pumps · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E-241Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 2 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant
2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-a100.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 4

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N4HM Dart
GC
Fixed-wing, single engine Lone Star Flight Museum
Houston, Texas
Standard 2023-04-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N31692 Dart
GC
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Missouri
Standard 1999-05-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N20924 Dart
GK
Fixed-wing, single engine Ozarks Auto Show INC
Hollister, Missouri
Standard 1996-11-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N20937 Dart
GC
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Kentucky
Standard 1964-10-06 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), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.