Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

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 Debonair233Beechcraft C35136Beechcraft A35124North American NAVION123Ryan NAVION111Beechcraft B3599Beechcraft D3578Ryan NAVION A59Navion NAVION A57North American NAVION A28Luscombe 1117Cessna 1508

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

Texas141California109Florida65Washington56Ohio46Tennessee37Missouri35Arizona35Colorado32Oklahoma31

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1,109 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental E185 series the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names 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.

Failure reports 9 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Fitting2Crankcase1Gasket1Landing Gear1Light1Link1Seat1Support1

Latest reports

2020-12-22Crankcase: cracked

2010-06-15Support: cracked

2007-05-16Seat: cracked

2006-07-27Landing Gear: collapsed

2006-03-15Fitting: cracked

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

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

Where they are

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

Biggest operators

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

Airworthiness

Failure reports on the Continental E185 series 9 reports since 1995

Analytics

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
N91713	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Myriad Restoration LLC Plains, Kansas	Standard	2023-10-22	Valid
N8911A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-10-17	Valid
N737V	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-10-03	Valid
N5239C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2023-09-22	Valid
N2929B	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2023-09-20	Valid
N3456G	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-09-20	Valid
N3093V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2023-09-10	Valid
N3921N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia	Standard	2023-09-08	Valid
N255B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2023-08-28	Valid
N3829N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-08-28	Valid
N8944A	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2023-08-25	Valid
N4357K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Airpower Heritage Foundation of Nm Albuquerque, New Mexico	Standard	2023-08-24	Valid
N8736H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tdh Investment A Partnership Jtwrs Faulkton, South Dakota	Standard	2023-08-24	Valid
N3932N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2023-08-21	Valid
N2128D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-08-20	Valid
N157MD	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-08-15	Valid
N4921K	Navion NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2023-08-09	Valid
N8083S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Maryland	Standard	2023-08-02	Valid
N8715H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-07-31	Valid
N674B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2023-07-26	Valid
N2108D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	N2108D LLC Sheridan, Wyoming	Standard	2023-07-20	Valid
N4496K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2023-07-18	Valid
N91761	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2023-07-14	Valid
N7889	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Missing Link Gravel LLC Glasgow, Montana	Standard	2023-07-11	Valid
N8145S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-07-10	Valid
N725B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-07-09	Valid
N3308V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-07-05	Valid
N322Y	Beech M35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2023-06-29	Valid
N5997C	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2023-06-29	Valid
N4201K	Navion NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Carolina	Standard	2023-06-28	Valid
N8588A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-06-28	Valid
N91662	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Northwest Navion INC Arlington, Washington	Standard	2023-06-26	Valid
N3068V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-06-24	Valid
N703B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nassour Aviation INC Ellisville, Mississippi	Standard	2023-06-20	Valid
N3787N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Partner Holdings INC Trustee Berlin,	Standard	2023-06-13	Valid
N8886H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-06-11	Valid
N91700	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-06-10	Valid
N4332K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum Dallas, Texas	Standard	2023-06-08	Valid
N625D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-06-02	Valid
N8810A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Covert Aero LLC Warren, Vermont	Standard	2023-06-02	Valid
N91103	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	War LLC Kalispell, Montana	Standard	2023-05-29	Valid
N3203V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-05-28	Valid
N207D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	West Coast Aircraft LLC Carson City, Nevada	Standard	2023-05-26	Valid
N624D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-05-24	Valid
N7SW	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-05-24	Valid
N2813V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-05-20	Valid
N4139K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2023-05-20	Valid
N4512K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2023-05-17	Valid
N5015C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-05-17	Valid
N1921D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Brickhouse Aviation LLC Franklin, Tennessee	Standard	2023-05-16	Valid
N3181V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2023-05-13	Valid
N8708H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hot Wind Aviation LLC Jean, Nevada	Standard	2023-05-13	Valid
N5105C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-05-10	Valid
N91543	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2023-05-09	Valid
N2166D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aviation Services of Tn Sparta, Tennessee	Standard	2023-05-08	Valid
N4512V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-05-06	Valid
N8689H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2023-05-06	Valid
N14661	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-05-03	Valid
N4101K	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bravery Aviation LLC Viburnum, Missouri	Standard	2023-05-03	Valid
N91717	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2023-05-02	Valid
N4015K	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-04-30	Valid
N20SH	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Csw LLC Anacoco, Louisiana	Standard	2023-04-29	Valid
N273	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lone Star Sorties LLC Dickinson, Texas	Standard	2023-04-26	Valid
N91524	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-04-26	Valid
N3816N	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-04-22	Valid
N5063C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-04-20	Valid
N4874K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2023-04-19	Valid
N5RX	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2023-04-19	Valid
N80445	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-04-19	Valid
N5074C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Standard	2023-04-18	Valid
N8730H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	91St Wing LLC Georgetown, Delaware	Standard	2023-04-16	Valid
N4986K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-04-15	Valid
N5171C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gump Check LLC New Port Richey, Florida	Standard	2023-04-15	Valid
N3113V	Beech 35R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2023-04-12	Valid
N109DS	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-04-07	Valid
N3333V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2023-04-06	Valid
N91683	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-03-31	Valid
N4355K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2023-03-28	Valid
N8665H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-03-25	Valid
N2941V	Beech 35R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2023-03-21	Valid
N755D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	N755D LLP Sidney, Montana	Standard	2023-03-16	Valid
N579D	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-03-15	Valid
N4229K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lead and Brass Racing LLC Helena, Montana	Standard	2023-03-13	Valid
N2189D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2023-03-10	Valid
N3422B	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2023-03-09	Valid
N1692B	Luscombe 11A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2023-03-08	Valid
N8870H	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2023-03-04	Valid
N2858V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2023-03-02	Valid
N5109C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2023-03-02	Valid
N8403A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2023-02-28	Valid
N571VH	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Van Hoy Jeffrey D Knightstown, Indiana	Standard	2023-02-26	Valid
N4545K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2023-02-23	Valid
N760B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2023-02-21	Valid
N4183K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N666B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lisa Beach INC La Porte, Texas	Standard	2023-02-15	Valid
N5100K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2023-02-14	Valid
N3268V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-02-13	Valid
N8565A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2023-02-07	Valid
N7300U	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-02-03	Valid
N2369T	Navion NAVION G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rangemaster Adventures LLC Union Hall, Virginia	Standard	2023-02-01	Valid

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.