Continental C90-12F
54 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C90-12F engine, rated at about 95 horsepower. The Champion 7 Citabria and Champ is the model most often fitted with it (7 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1941 and 2019.
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 C90-12F. FAA spelling: C90-12F.
Fitted to model families
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ7Piper J-3 Cub6Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)5Cessna 1404Piper PA-11 Cub Special3Luscombe 8 Silvaire3Piper L-182Piper PA-18 Super Cub2Bellanca 7 Citabria1Busenitz Clinton Lee SUPER 111Chris H May SPORT TRAINER1D-Fly UL STORK1
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ · Piper J-3 Cub · Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Cessna 140 · Piper PA-11 Cub Special · Luscombe 8 Silvaire · Piper L-18 · Piper PA-18 Super Cub · Bellanca 7 Citabria · Busenitz Clinton Lee SUPER 11
Where they are owner's state
New York4North Carolina3Minnesota3Iowa3Delaware3Arkansas3Washington2Virginia2Texas2Pennsylvania2
Kind of aircraft
Piston singles54 (100%)
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental C90-12F the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-252, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 6 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 6 airworthiness directives · newest first
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
1998-10-1998-17-11 · Crankshafts · engine
1996-02-1394-05-05 R1 · Cylinder Rocker · engine
1993-12-1493-22-05 · Carburetor Air Intake Housing Assemblies · engine
1981-04-0181-07-06 · AC Fuel Pumps · engine
49-50-01 · Generator Drive Coupling Rubber Disc · engine
Certificates and bulletins
E-252Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 15 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
1998-06-10CE-98-21R1 ·
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
- Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 7 with this engine series
- Piper J-3 Cub 6 with this engine series
- Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 5 with this engine series
- Cessna 140 4 with this engine series
- Piper PA-11 Cub Special 3 with this engine series
- Luscombe 8 Silvaire 3 with this engine series
- Piper L-18 2 with this engine series
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub 2 with this engine series
Where they are
- New York 4 of these aircraft
- North Carolina 3 of these aircraft
- Minnesota 3 of these aircraft
- Iowa 3 of these aircraft
- Delaware 3 of these aircraft
Airworthiness
- FAA orders naming the Continental C90-12F 6 airworthiness directives
Analytics
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c90-12f.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 54
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1364K | Luscombe 8A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2026-08-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N31260 | Bellanca 7ACA |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Vix Aircraft Services LLC Batesville, Arkansas |
Standard | 2026-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N511ZK | Piper J3L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Flying Devil Aviation LLC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2026-01-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N83387 | Aeronca 7CCM |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2025-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N84116 | Aeronca 7EC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2025-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N70507 | Piper PA-11 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2025-07-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N88204 | Piper J3C-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2024-10-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9054B | Champion 7FC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2024-07-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6918 | Piper PA-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sutherland Robert Bowling Green, Kentucky |
Standard | 2024-05-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N140NT | Cessna 140A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Flight International INC Trustee Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-01-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N102BE | Nelson Robert E ZODIAC CH 601 HD |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Experimental | 2023-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3677A | Piper PA-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wing LLC Sterling, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1637D | Piper L-18C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Standard | 2023-09-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N79731 | Piper L-4H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Standard | 2023-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N39TR | Engineering & Research 415-D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Montana |
Standard | 2023-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8739H | Champion 7EC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2022-08-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N48642 | Chris H May SPORT TRAINER |
Fixed-wing, single engine | A Team Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Experimental | 2022-07-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4878H | Schneider Paul J WAG-AERO WAGABOND |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Experimental | 2022-01-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N83937 | Champion 7CCM |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2021-12-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8969R | Champion 7EC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Rutland Aviation Service INC Tifton, Georgia |
Standard | 2021-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3ZF | Piper J3C-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2021-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8901R | Champion 7FC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2021-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N38787 | Piper J3F-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Onawa Flying Service Sioux City, Iowa |
Standard | 2021-01-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N99CL | Darrow Charles B VARI-EZE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Evans Bruce e Aztec, New Mexico |
Experimental | 2021-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3615K | Jimmy Duke DUKE-KUB-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Mississippi |
Experimental | 2020-10-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9MU | Donald Miles ZODIAC 601XL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2020-09-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N800UD | Pzl-Mielec PZL-102-B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Experimental | 2019-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N724AB | Richard H Reiley WAGAERO J-3 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2019-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78654 | Piper PA-11 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2018-11-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N527ED | Luscombe 8F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2018-10-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N298SQ | Piper PA-19 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Eastern Stearman INC Trustee Leesburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2018-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N84294 | Aeronca 7EC CONV |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Champ294 LLC Maumelle, Arkansas |
Standard | 2018-02-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1662E | Aeronca 7AC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | California Antique Aircraft Museum DBA San Martin, California |
Standard | 2017-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N657M | Piper PA-11 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2016-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N32721 | Piper L-18C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lakeland Aero Club INC Lakeland, Florida |
Standard | 2015-08-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N609WC | Busenitz Clinton Lee SUPER 11 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Experimental | 2015-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3667V | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2015-03-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N76735 | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Iowa |
Standard | 2015-03-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N512PG | Aeronca 7AC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Grassroots Flying LLC Bellevue, Nebraska |
Standard | 2015-02-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N620KJ | D-Fly UL STORK |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Experimental | 2014-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29618 | Woolery Robert W L4H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | N9297Q INC Winterset, Iowa |
Experimental | 2014-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N933JS | Schnurr Jack C ZENITH STOL CH 750 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2013-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14378 | Paul Johnston F-10A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Experimental | 2012-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3743V | Cessna 140 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Omni Aero LLC Wilkesboro, North Carolina |
Standard | 2012-08-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N606EH | Hardy Jeffrey M DA-2B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Mississippi |
Experimental | 2012-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N92JE | Edburg Stanley SE1CUB |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Experimental | 2011-07-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N251RT | Runyan Roger L WAG AERO SPORT TRAIN |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Experimental | 2009-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4143H | Piper PA-15 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2008-07-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N72076 | Luscombe 8F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2008-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N59941 | Piper J3C-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2007-03-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2149M | Piper J3C-65 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2007-01-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N426AM | Marrero Edgardo ACEY DEUCY P-70 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alabama |
Experimental | 2006-09-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4575E | Champion 7CCM |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 1973-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N50778 | Champion 7FC |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. 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.