Continental GIO-470 series
8 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental GIO-470 series engine, rated at about 310 horsepower. The Beagle B.206 SERIES 1 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1957 and 1979.
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 GIO-470 series. FAA spelling: GIO-470SERIES.
Fitted to model families
Beagle B.206 SERIES 1 · Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 · Beechcraft A36 Bonanza · Beechcraft B-55 · Beechcraft J35 · Cessna 310
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 GIO-470 series the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E2CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.
FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · 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 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 2 with this engine series
- Beechcraft A36 Bonanza 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft B-55 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft J35 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 310 1 with this engine series
- International Air Services INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental GIO-470 series 4 airworthiness directives
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-gio-470-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 8
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N181WW | Beagle B.206 SERIES 1 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2022-06-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N189MW | Cessna 310N |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Williamson Aviation INC Tullahoma, Tennessee |
Standard | 2020-01-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N303JA | Beech 95-A55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Nx Aviation LLC Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Experimental | 2019-10-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N95BA | Beech B-55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner Tennessee |
Standard | 2018-05-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6677Y | Beech A36 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2012-04-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N46880 | Beagle B.206 SERIES 1 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 1998-04-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9025Q | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Vee Tails of Flying Cloud INC Excelsior, Minnesota |
Standard | 1996-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8237D | Beech J35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Pts INC Wichita, Kansas |
Standard | 1996-05-21 | 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.