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

Continental C145 series

1,828 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C145 series engine, rated at about 145 horsepower. The Cessna 170 is the model most often fitted with it (1,541 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 and 2005.

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 C145 series. FAA spelling: C145 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 1701,541Aeronca 15135Globe GC-1 Swift60Temco GC-125Cessna 172 Skyhawk14Universal GLOBE GC-1B11Taylorcraft 159Aeronca S158Meyers MAC-1456Piper J-3 Cub5Piper PA-153Armitage Alan J TAILWIND-W101

Cessna 170 · Aeronca 15 · Globe GC-1 Swift · Temco GC-1 · Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Universal GLOBE GC-1B · Taylorcraft 15 · Aeronca S15 · Meyers MAC-145 · Piper J-3 Cub

Where they are owner's state

Alaska247Texas142California131Washington122Florida72Wisconsin62Minnesota61Illinois56Oregon53Colorado48

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1,828 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental C145 series the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 8 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 8 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Crankshaft2Axle1Clamp1Cylinder1Lifter1Line1Tee Fitting1

Latest reports

2007-03-30Line: chafed

2005-06-01Cylinder: cracked

2005-01-21Clamp: oversized

2004-11-23Axle: broken

2001-03-19Lifter: broken

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

Cessna 170 1,541 with this engine series
Aeronca 15 135 with this engine series
Globe GC-1 Swift 60 with this engine series
Temco GC-1 25 with this engine series
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 14 with this engine series
Universal GLOBE GC-1B 11 with this engine series
Taylorcraft 15 9 with this engine series
Aeronca S15 8 with this engine series

Where they are

Alaska 247 of these aircraft
Texas 142 of these aircraft
California 131 of these aircraft
Washington 122 of these aircraft
Florida 72 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 7 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 4 of these aircraft
Racoon Aviation LLC 4 of these aircraft
Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 4 of these aircraft
International Air Services INC Trustee 4 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

Failure reports on the Continental C145 series 8 reports since 1995

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c145-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1,828

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N3151A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2024-08-20	Valid
N39781	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-08-17	Valid
N4140V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dirigo Aerospace Solutions LLC Sumner, Maine	Standard	2024-08-14	Valid
N4152V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2024-08-07	Valid
N2381D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-08-04	Valid
N1930C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2024-08-02	Valid
N4628C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2024-07-30	Valid
N1796D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Racoon Aviation LLC San Antonio, Texas	Standard	2024-07-25	Valid
N1934C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2024-07-23	Valid
N3802V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2024-07-20	Valid
N3432C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2024-07-18	Valid
N8335A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-07-17	Valid
N2449D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-07-16	Valid
N9709A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-07-13	Valid
N1704D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-07-09	Valid
N3416C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jnt 170 LLC Belvidere, Illinois	Standard	2024-07-09	Valid
N3919V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2024-07-06	Valid
N3087A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Taildragger Hq LLC Melrose, Florida	Standard	2024-07-03	Valid
N2839C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2024-07-01	Valid
N9922A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2024-07-01	Valid
N6653N	Taylorcraft 15A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2024-06-29	Valid
N3542C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2024-06-25	Valid
N1267H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Retroair Restoration LLC Big Lake, Alaska	Standard	2024-06-24	Valid
N4LR	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-06-22	Valid
N1427D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2024-06-21	Valid
N5586C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2024-06-21	Valid
N4647C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Concolor LLC Shoreview, Minnesota	Standard	2024-06-09	Valid
N280VF	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2024-06-08	Valid
N4185C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wyoming	Standard	2024-06-08	Valid
N2846C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-06-07	Valid
N3085A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-06-05	Valid
N4044V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2024-06-05	Valid
N9198A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-06-01	Valid
N5783C	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Anderson Donnie Loudon, Tennessee	Standard	2024-05-30	Valid
N3849V	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-05-28	Valid
N4151V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2024-05-23	Valid
N2438B	Temco GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2024-05-22	Valid
N2571D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2024-05-22	Valid
N7071F	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-05-22	Valid
N53LD	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2024-05-21	Valid
N2737C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2024-05-18	Valid
N80924	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Legacy Flight Museum Rexbury, Idaho	Standard	2024-05-12	Valid
N2367D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2024-05-04	Valid
N9931A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2024-05-03	Valid
N2386D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Titan Aero LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2024-05-02	Valid
N3851V	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Texas Air Corps Bullard, Texas	Standard	2024-05-01	Valid
N3805V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	N3805V LLC Aubrey, Texas	Standard	2024-04-27	Valid
N2520V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2024-04-26	Valid
N5429C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-04-18	Valid
N9161A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cabral Aviation LLC Milton, Washington	Standard	2024-04-16	Valid
N9170A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2024-04-09	Valid
N2537V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-04-08	Valid
N9291A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-04-06	Valid
N9261A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2024-03-24	Valid
N2222W	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2024-03-20	Valid
N1909C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Hampshire	Standard	2024-03-18	Valid
N4610C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-03-18	Valid
N2430D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2024-03-13	Valid
N1691D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2024-03-12	Valid
N2352D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Optima Aviation LLC DBA Lewisville, Texas	Standard	2024-03-08	Valid
N8022A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-03-04	Valid
N1700D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-02-29	Valid
N9098A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2024-02-28	Valid
N3898K	Universal GLOBE GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2024-02-27	Valid
N1896C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-02-26	Valid
N1244D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2024-02-22	Valid
N3187B	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N4055V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-02-19	Valid
N1910C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2024-02-09	Valid
N32635	Piper J3L-65	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2024-02-08	Valid
N1854C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2024-02-05	Valid
N1680D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Trade Winds Aviation Holdings LLC Lewes, Delaware	Standard	2024-02-04	Valid
N5712C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2024-02-03	Valid
N1346H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-01-31	Valid
N3157A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Toyon Properties LLC Series N3157A Waco, Texas	Standard	2024-01-30	Valid
N2698D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2024-01-29	Valid
N9768A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Beachy Benjamin D Whittington, Illinois	Standard	2024-01-28	Valid
N3225A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2024-01-27	Valid
N2419D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2024-01-15	Valid
N3200C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine		Standard	2024-01-08	Valid
N4107L	Cessna 172G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2024-01-06	Valid
N2747C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2024-01-01	Valid
N2351D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-12-30	Valid
N170PB	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-12-28	Valid
N170KM	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Marlow Properties LLC - Marlow Aviation LLC Series Knoxville, Tennessee	Standard	2023-12-27	Valid
N3119A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-12-24	Valid
N4046V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-12-22	Valid
N170JT	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico	Standard	2023-12-21	Valid
N1412D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-12-15	Valid
N50BS	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-12-14	Valid
N1658D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Clement Aircraft LLC Anchorage, Alaska	Standard	2023-12-09	Valid
N8352A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2023-12-04	Valid
N1657D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying Aces LLC Scappoose, Oregon	Standard	2023-11-29	Valid
N3101A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-11-29	Valid
N3099A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2023-11-28	Valid
N9202A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-11-25	Valid
N1212D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	N1212D LLC Boise, Idaho	Standard	2023-11-22	Valid
N9223A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-11-20	Valid
N170SL	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-11-15	Valid
N2711D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-11-13	Valid

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.