Continental C75-12
7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C75-12 engine, rated at about 75 horsepower. The Ercoupe 415 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 and 2006.
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 C75-12. FAA spelling: C75-12.
Fitted to model families
Ercoupe 415 · Cessna 140 · Corben Baby Ace C-1 · Engineering & Research 415 · Hubbard Eugene N PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental C75-12 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-233, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders
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
- Ercoupe 415 3 with this engine series
- Cessna 140 1 with this engine series
- Engineering & Research 415 1 with this engine series
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- South Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Ohio 1 of these aircraft
- New York 1 of these aircraft
- Kansas 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental C75-12 4 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental C75-12 5 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c75-12.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 7
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N89616 | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | N89616 LLC Blacklick, Ohio |
Standard | 2025-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N421GN | Hubbard Eugene N PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2024-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99573 | Engineering & Research 415-C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Take Off LLC Boise, Idaho |
None on file | 2023-03-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N87366 | Ercoupe 415-C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2022-11-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75H | Corben Baby Ace C-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Eaa Chapter 44 INC Brockport, New York |
Experimental | 2018-12-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N94117 | Ercoupe 415-C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2015-05-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3926D | Ercoupe 415-CD |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2010-12-02 | 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.