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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of November 6, 2026

Continental GO-300-E

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental GO-300-E engine, rated at about 175 horsepower. The Cessna 175 Skylark 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 GO-300-E. FAA spelling: GO-300-E.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
Cessna 175 Skylark1

Cessna 175 Skylark

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
South Dakota1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles1100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111960
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19601

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental GO-300-E the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-298, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 4 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 2 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 4 airworthiness directives · newest first

2023-10-262023-17-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine
1996-02-1394-05-05 R1 · Cylinder Rocker · engine
1995-11-2895-21-15 · Aviation Gasoline · engine
94-14-12 · Octane Aviation Gasoline · engine

Failure reports 2 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011100104
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
001
041

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Engine1
Hose1

Latest reports

2004-09-18Hose: loose
2000-06-26Engine: failed

Approved replacement parts 21 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 (6), stud (3), ring (3), pushrod tube (3), valve cover (2), rotor gear (1), magneto (1), impulse coupling (1), dist block (1).

Certificates and bulletins

E-298Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 6 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

Safety bulletins 3 · advice, not orders

2018-09-10NE-18-27 · POWERPLANT Rocker Shaft Boss Inspection
2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant
2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection

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
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-go-300-e.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N8355T Cessna
175C
Fixed-wing, single engine Dakota Aircare INC
Wagner, South Dakota
Standard 2023-12-14 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), November 6, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.