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
N620D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2023-01-31	Valid
N795B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Two Motor Odor LLC Paris, Texas	Standard	2023-01-29	Valid
N2069D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2023-01-27	Valid
N3276V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2023-01-26	Valid
N886MD	Navion NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2023-01-25	Valid
N733M	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Whiskey Bravo LLC Garden City, Idaho	Standard	2023-01-23	Valid
N4026K	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Warbird Holdings LLC Middletown, Delaware	Standard	2023-01-14	Valid
N4519V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2023-01-14	Valid
N30E	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2023-01-03	Valid
N99Q	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	R W Zollinger Consulting Engineers INC Moon Township, Pennsylvania	Standard	2023-01-03	Valid
N4EV	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2023-01-02	Valid
N4469K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-12-30	Valid
N666W	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2022-12-26	Valid
N1804D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2022-12-20	Valid
N8678H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wolf Aerospace CORP Ontario, California	Standard	2022-12-13	Valid
N3430B	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2022-11-26	Valid
N8917A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-11-12	Valid
N5205K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2022-11-05	Valid
N776B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gas Corporation of America Wichita Falls, Texas	Standard	2022-10-31	Valid
N149ED	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	R&R Unlimited INC Alma, Arkansas	Standard	2022-10-27	Valid
N711B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-10-25	Valid
N3831N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-10-18	Valid
N87813	Beech 35R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2022-10-12	Valid
N91104	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2022-10-08	Valid
N21CN	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	V-Tail Aero LLC Troy, Michigan	Standard	2022-09-30	Valid
N76BB	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Edl Sf Enterprise LLC Coral Springs, Florida	Standard	2022-09-30	Valid
N3208V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-09-27	Valid
N75881	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hot Shot Aviation INC Milbank, South Dakota	Standard	2022-09-27	Valid
N91176	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2022-09-22	Valid
N5278C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2022-09-15	Valid
N8927H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2022-09-08	Valid
N910JL	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2022-09-01	Valid
N91585	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2022-08-31	Valid
N2821V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-08-29	Valid
N779D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Glendaloch Partners LP El Reno, Oklahoma	Standard	2022-08-29	Valid
N8883A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2022-08-27	Valid
N3754N	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2022-08-24	Valid
N2973B	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-08-18	Valid
N5998C	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-08-10	Valid
N4971E	Navion NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2022-08-06	Valid
N4583K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2022-08-05	Valid
N8518A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2022-08-03	Valid
N699GS	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2022-08-02	Valid
N446B	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-07-23	Valid
N15JF	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Humanitarian Airlift International Owasso, Oklahoma	Standard	2022-07-21	Valid
N8702	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-07-11	Valid
N5165C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2022-06-16	Valid
N91491	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Special flight permit	2022-06-13	Valid
N3074V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2022-06-11	Valid
N613CA	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2022-06-06	Valid
N1835D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airspeed Jet Services LLC Kirkland, Washington	Standard	2022-05-28	Valid
N116F	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2022-05-24	Valid
N3380V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2022-05-24	Valid
N2923C	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Tennessee	Standard	2022-05-12	Valid
N5042K	Navion NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2022-04-21	Valid
N772B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-04-21	Valid
N1875D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-03-31	Valid
N124RS	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2022-03-24	Valid
N35EF	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2022-03-03	Valid
N234AL	Beech G35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2022-03-02	Valid
N3147V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2022-02-24	Valid
N45X	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2022-02-22	Valid
N630D	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2022-02-05	Valid
N8926A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2022-02-03	Valid
N2111D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2022-01-29	Valid
N3233V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2022-01-29	Valid
N47VB	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tautology LTD Longmont, Colorado	Standard	2022-01-29	Valid
N5260C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2022-01-29	Valid
N4487V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2021-12-28	Valid
N4030K	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Burnett David Mark Scott City, Kansas	Standard	2021-12-21	Valid
N4606K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2021-12-15	Valid
N4146K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2021-11-06	Valid
N4435K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2021-11-02	Valid
N151VT	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2021-10-27	Valid
N4598V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Landwell Pllc Lake Havasu City, Arizona	Standard	2021-10-14	Valid
N2861V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2021-10-06	Valid
N8642A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2021-09-27	Valid
N8839A	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2021-09-21	Valid
N5240C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hardy Pete Pearland, Texas	Standard	2021-09-16	Valid
N8497A	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2021-09-09	Valid
N1634B	Luscombe 11A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2021-08-30	Valid
N696F	Beech C35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2021-08-28	Valid
N743B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sauls Emily A La Vernia, Texas	Standard	2021-08-28	Valid
N2018D	Beech D35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-08-26	Valid
N78YB	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	November Sierra Aviation LLC O'Neill, Nebraska	Standard	2021-08-23	Valid
N4132K	Ryan NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-08-20	Valid
N3346V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2021-08-19	Valid
N3146V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2021-08-10	Valid
N5112C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Delaware Aircraft Trust LLC Trustee New Castle, Delaware	Standard	2021-08-04	Valid
N8576H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-08-03	Valid
N8616H	North American NAVION	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2021-07-29	Valid
N3089V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Maximus Aviation LLC Cheyenne, Wyoming	Standard	2021-07-24	Valid
N3140V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2021-07-13	Valid
N3190V	Beech 35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Top Flight LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2021-07-07	Valid
N1687B	Luscombe 11A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-06-23	Valid
N8608H	North American NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2021-06-16	Valid
N5178C	Beech B35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-06-15	Valid
N798B	Beech A35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2021-06-09	Valid
N4806K	Ryan NAVION A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2021-05-28	Valid
N1686B	Luscombe 11A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2021-05-25	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.