Continental E185-9
1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental E185-9 engine, rated at about 205 horsepower. The North American NAVION A is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).
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 E185-9. FAA spelling: E185-9.
Fitted to model families
Model families, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| North American NAVION A | 1 |
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental E185-9 the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-246, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first
Approved replacement parts 13 parts manufacturer approvals
Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:
Most often: harness (7), valve cover (3), rotor gear (1), ring (1), dist block (1).
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 2 · 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
- North American NAVION A 1 with this engine series
- Colorado 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental E185-9 7 airworthiness directives
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-e185-9.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 30, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.