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

Continental C125 series

322 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C125 series engine, rated at about 125 horsepower. The Globe GC-1 Swift is the model most often fitted with it (214 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1945 and 1999.

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 C125 series. FAA spelling: C125 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Globe GC-1 Swift214Temco GC-163Universal GLOBE GC-1B21Callair A-34Universal GLOBE GC-1A3Callair A1Cessna 1521Cessna 172 Skyhawk1Collier John R EAA BIPLANE1Covington EAA BIPLANE P1Dart G1Davis D-11

Globe GC-1 Swift · Temco GC-1 · Universal GLOBE GC-1B · Callair A-3 · Universal GLOBE GC-1A · Callair A · Cessna 152 · Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Collier John R EAA BIPLANE · Covington EAA BIPLANE P

Where they are owner's state

Texas39California38Florida18Washington17Georgia17Nevada14Minnesota13Arizona12Wisconsin11Tennessee9

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles322 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental C125 series the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 2 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cover1Rivet1

Latest reports

2006-12-02Rivet: loose

2001-06-14Cover: failed

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

Globe GC-1 Swift 214 with this engine series
Temco GC-1 63 with this engine series
Universal GLOBE GC-1B 21 with this engine series
Callair A-3 4 with this engine series
Universal GLOBE GC-1A 3 with this engine series
Cessna 152 1 with this engine series
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 1 with this engine series
Dart G 1 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 39 of these aircraft
California 38 of these aircraft
Florida 18 of these aircraft
Washington 17 of these aircraft
Georgia 17 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Swift Museum Foundation INC 6 of these aircraft
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 3 of these aircraft
Cc Motors LLC 3 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
Simply Living LLC 2 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

Failure reports on the Continental C125 series 2 reports since 1995

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c125-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 322

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N90334	Universal GLOBE GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1985-12-26	Valid
N78137	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1985-11-19	Valid
N3214K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1984-01-18	Valid
N686TS	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	1982-12-01	Valid
N3717K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	1982-01-29	Valid
N78041	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	1981-10-20	Valid
N80983	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1981-07-27	Valid
N2901V	Callair A-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1981-07-23	Valid
N90363	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1980-11-05	Valid
N3841K	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1980-04-11	Valid
N69JR	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1980-01-14	Valid
N2394B	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1979-07-18	Valid
N57PC	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1977-12-23	Valid
N3740K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1977-04-20	Valid
N2446B	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1977-02-04	Valid
N1122W	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1976-09-10	Valid
N90323	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1973-07-27	Valid
N17GS	Universal GLOBE GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	1970-11-18	Valid
N2436B	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1966-06-25	Valid
N3793K	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1960-02-11	Valid
N2429B	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard		Pending
N2911V	Callair A-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard		Pending

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.