Continental C90-16F
4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental C90-16F engine, rated at about 95 horsepower. The Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1942 and 2021.
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 C90-16F. FAA spelling: C90-16F.
Fitted to model families
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Alon A-2 · Interstate S-1 · Tim A Steier REPLICA PA-18
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 C90-16F the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-252, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 5 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 5 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · 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
- Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) 1 with this engine series
- Alon A-2 1 with this engine series
- Interstate S-1 1 with this engine series
- Wyoming 1 of these aircraft
- Ohio 1 of these aircraft
- North Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Iowa 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental C90-16F 5 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-c90-16f.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 4
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N844TS | Tim A Steier REPLICA PA-18 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Iowa |
Experimental | 2023-01-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N236FB | Alon A2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2021-11-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N37453 | Interstate S-1A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2017-11-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2848E | Aeronca 7CCM |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2013-02-25 | 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.