Continental E185 series
1,109 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental E185 series engine, rated at about 205 horsepower. The Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair is the model most often fitted with it (233 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1946 and 1972.
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 series. FAA spelling: E185 SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair · Beechcraft C35 · Beechcraft A35 · North American NAVION · Ryan NAVION · Beechcraft B35 · Beechcraft D35 · Ryan NAVION A · Navion NAVION A · North American NAVION A
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 E185 series 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. Operators and repair shops have filed 9 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 9 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
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
- Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair 233 with this engine series
- Beechcraft C35 136 with this engine series
- Beechcraft A35 124 with this engine series
- North American NAVION 123 with this engine series
- Ryan NAVION 111 with this engine series
- Beechcraft B35 99 with this engine series
- Beechcraft D35 78 with this engine series
- Ryan NAVION A 59 with this engine series
- Texas 141 of these aircraft
- California 109 of these aircraft
- Florida 65 of these aircraft
- Washington 56 of these aircraft
- Ohio 46 of these aircraft
- Bas Part Sales LLC 5 of these aircraft
- Sky West Aviation INC Trustee 4 of these aircraft
- Northwest Navion INC 3 of these aircraft
- Jed Homes INC 3 of these aircraft
- American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum 3 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental E185 series 7 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental E185 series 9 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-e185-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1,109
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N711LB | Beech A35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. All codes | |
| N74DS | Ryan NAVION A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | CanceledFAA registration status code 18: Sale reported, canceled. All codes | |
| N80431 | Beech 35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Biggs Aircraft INC Wellston, Oklahoma |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N809TS | Beech 35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Medic Choppers LLC Springdale, Arkansas |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N8431A | Beech A35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N8467A | Beech A35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N8639A | Beech A35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | Pending cancellationFAA registration status code 19: Registration pending, pending cancellation. All codes | |
| N91609 | North American NAVION |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oregon |
Standard | PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes | |
| N920M | Beech 35 |
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 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.