Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 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

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 170	1,541
Aeronca 15	135
Globe GC-1 Swift	60
Temco GC-1	25
Cessna 172 Skyhawk	14
Universal GLOBE GC-1B	11
Taylorcraft 15	9
Aeronca S15	8
Meyers MAC-145	6
Piper J-3 Cub	5
Piper PA-15	3
Armitage Alan J TAILWIND-W10	1

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

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Alaska	247
Texas	142
California	131
Washington	122
Florida	72
Wisconsin	62
Minnesota	61
Illinois	56
Oregon	53
Colorado	48

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1,828 (100%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	1,828	100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1940	477
1950	1,065
1960	4
1970	2
1980	4
2000	2

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-253, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 3 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name 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.

FAA orders 3 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-01-242011-26-07 · Engine · engine

2002-07-122002-13-04 · Magneto impulse coupling stop pin · engine

1996-02-1394-05-05 R1 · Cylinder Rocker · engine

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

Failure reports by year, as a table

	reports
97	1
98	2
01	1
04	1
05	2
07	1

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Crankshaft2Axle1Clamp1Cylinder1Lifter1Line1Tee Fitting1

Parts most reported, as a table

	reports
Crankshaft	2
Axle	1
Clamp	1
Cylinder	1
Lifter	1
Line	1
Tee Fitting	1

Latest reports

2007-03-30Line: chafed

2005-06-01Cylinder: cracked

2005-01-21Clamp: oversized

2004-11-23Axle: broken

2001-03-19Lifter: broken

Certificates and bulletins

E-253Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 8 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders

2018-09-10NE-18-27 · POWERPLANT Rocker Shaft Boss Inspection

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

1997-07-24ANE-97-04 ·

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

FAA orders naming the Continental C145 series 3 airworthiness directives
Failure reports on the Continental C145 series 8 reports since 1995

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c145-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1,828

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N5568C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2020-11-17	Valid
N1233H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2020-11-13	Valid
N80989	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aviation Trust Company LLC Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2020-11-13	Valid
N2553C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Multiple	2020-11-03	Valid
N9915A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2020-11-03	Valid
N2877C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Carlson John R Plainfield, Wisconsin	Standard	2020-10-20	Valid
N1887C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-10-07	Valid
N4620C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2020-09-30	Valid
N4210V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2020-09-29	Valid
N2696V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2020-09-28	Valid
N90373	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-09-21	Valid
N78191	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2020-09-17	Valid
N3252A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2020-09-15	Valid
N1409H	Aeronca S15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-09-09	Valid
N3435C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Harter Scott W Estero, Florida	Standard	2020-09-02	Valid
N3167A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2020-08-20	Valid
N9744A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-08-20	Valid
N3427C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Shocking Rides INC El Dorado Hills, California	Standard	2020-08-17	Valid
N1240H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-08-14	Valid
N8282A	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-08-12	Valid
N1240D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2020-08-11	Valid
N2242D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Massachusetts	Standard	2020-08-11	Valid
N9217A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alumitank INC Harvard, Illinois	Standard	2020-08-11	Valid
N9567A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Proflight 1 INC Midland, North Carolina	Standard	2020-08-11	Valid
N1864C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2020-08-10	Valid
N9968A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2020-08-06	Valid
N4555C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2020-08-04	Valid
N17053	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2020-07-30	Valid
N9930A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2020-07-30	Valid
N80997	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-07-16	Valid
N3550C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2020-07-13	Valid
N2238D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-06-25	Valid
N1942C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-06-15	Valid
N1403H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2020-06-11	Valid
N1876C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-05-21	Valid
N78282	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2020-05-21	Valid
N621BK	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	My170B LLC Everett, Washington	Standard	2020-05-18	Valid
N9088A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-05-14	Valid
N8031A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jims Aviation LLC Fairfield, Iowa	Standard	2020-05-06	Valid
N4694C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-05-05	Valid
N2835C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2020-04-23	Valid
N9798A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2020-04-23	Valid
N4576C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2020-04-22	Valid
N5786C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2020-04-21	Valid
N1224H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2020-04-20	Valid
N3240K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2020-04-20	Valid
N1665D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2020-04-17	Valid
N1946C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine		Standard	2020-04-09	Valid
N2372D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2020-04-07	Valid
N8163A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Multiple	2020-04-03	Valid
N2734C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2020-04-02	Valid
N9773A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2020-04-02	Valid
N944EW	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2020-03-17	Valid
N1114H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2020-03-16	Valid
N1250D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-03-12	Valid
N2557D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2020-03-06	Valid
N2578C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2020-03-04	Valid
N3395K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Woxof LLC Advance, North Carolina	Standard	2020-03-03	Valid
N2812C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2020-03-02	Valid
N4654V	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2020-02-28	Valid
N4524C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	2020-02-24	Valid
N170MS	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Midstate Aviation INC Ellensburg, Washington	Standard	2020-02-20	Valid
N1229H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2020-02-19	Valid
N8357A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2020-02-12	Valid
N1967C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2020-02-11	Valid
N1256D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-02-10	Valid
N801JF	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Warbird Leasing LLC Santa Fe, New Mexico	Standard	2020-02-10	Valid
N170JW	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-02-06	Valid
N170Y	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2020-02-03	Valid
N2608V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2020-01-30	Valid
N2527C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2020-01-29	Valid
N3293K	Globe GC-1B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-01-16	Valid
N3962V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-01-03	Valid
N4672C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-12-03	Valid
N1646D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Draggin Tail Pilots Prospect, Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-12-02	Valid
N5796C	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2019-11-18	Valid
N4238V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2019-11-15	Valid
N344CP	Cessna 172	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2019-11-13	Valid
N8073A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2019-11-05	Valid
N1340H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2019-11-04	Valid
N2535C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2019-11-01	Valid
N1258D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada	Standard	2019-10-30	Valid
N1993C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-10-30	Valid
N4278V	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2019-10-29	Valid
N1493D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2019-10-21	Valid
N170UW	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2019-10-17	Valid
N1279H	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-10-09	Valid
N1247D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2019-10-08	Valid
N1235D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2019-09-30	Valid
N2581C	Cessna 170	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2019-09-27	Valid
N8338A	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2019-09-27	Valid
N2741C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2019-09-26	Valid
N2815C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-09-25	Valid
N6665K	Aeronca 15AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	She-Rat Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2019-09-24	Valid
N2712D	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2019-09-23	Valid
N9168A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2019-09-23	Valid
N1245D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2019-09-09	Valid
N9056A	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2019-09-06	Valid
N1779D	Cessna 170A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Schrag Jeremy M Garden Plain, Kansas	Standard	2019-08-28	Valid
N2707C	Cessna 170B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia	Standard	2019-08-27	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.