Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 7, 2026

Continental GO-300 series

809 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental GO-300 series engine, rated at about 175 horsepower. The Cessna 175 Skylark is the model most often fitted with it (780 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1958 and 1980.

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 series. FAA spelling: GO-300 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 175 Skylark780Cessna P17219Cessna 172 Skyhawk7Cessna 3101Cessna R172 Hawk XP1Nickelson STEEN SKYBOLT1

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 175 Skylark	780
Cessna P172	19
Cessna 172 Skyhawk	7
Cessna 310	1
Cessna R172 Hawk XP	1
Nickelson STEEN SKYBOLT	1

Cessna 175 Skylark · Cessna P172 · Cessna 172 Skyhawk · Cessna 310 · Cessna R172 Hawk XP · Nickelson STEEN SKYBOLT

Where they are owner's state

Texas72California64Alaska55Washington43Florida33Arizona33Colorado30Michigan26Kansas26Oregon25

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Texas	72
California	64
Alaska	55
Washington	43
Florida	33
Arizona	33
Colorado	30
Michigan	26
Kansas	26
Oregon	25

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles808 (100%)Piston twins1 (0.1%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	808	100%
Piston twins	1	0.1%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1950	438
1960	197
1970	2
1980	1

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental GO-300 series 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 16 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 10 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 16 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Failure reports by year, as a table

	reports
95	2
98	1
01	3
05	1
06	6
07	1
08	1
13	1

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cylinder3Gusset3Block2Attach Bracket1Bracket1Connecting Rod1Contact1Mount1Piston1Transmitter1

Parts most reported, as a table

	reports
Cylinder	3
Gusset	3
Block	2
Attach Bracket	1
Bracket	1
Connecting Rod	1
Contact	1
Mount	1
Piston	1
Transmitter	1

Latest reports

2013-07-08Contact: corroded

2008-04-16Mount: cracked

2007-09-24Transmitter: cracked

2006-07-29Cylinder: separated

2006-06-13Gusset: cracked

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

Cessna 175 Skylark 780 with this engine series
Cessna P172 19 with this engine series
Cessna 172 Skyhawk 7 with this engine series
Cessna 310 1 with this engine series
Cessna R172 Hawk XP 1 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 72 of these aircraft
California 64 of these aircraft
Alaska 55 of these aircraft
Washington 43 of these aircraft
Florida 33 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 2 of these aircraft
Bas Part Sales LLC 2 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

FAA orders naming the Continental GO-300 series 4 airworthiness directives
Failure reports on the Continental GO-300 series 16 reports since 1995

Analytics

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-go-300-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 809

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N175R	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2012-11-16	Valid
N8397T	Cessna 175C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-10-09	Valid
N7636M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Experimental	2012-09-28	Valid
N8011T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-05-11	Valid
N6725E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Socal Jet Services INC Long Beach, California	Standard	2012-03-29	Valid
N9449B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N7301M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-03-14	Valid
N7098E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2012-03-07	Valid
N7443M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N7263M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2011-12-22	Valid
N8391T	Cessna 175C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2011-11-29	Valid
N7931T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Arnold Terry L Stanley, New Mexico	Standard	2011-11-18	Valid
N6888E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2011-10-27	Valid
N8178T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N7257M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N7303M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2011-08-26	Valid
N7197M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kansas Soaring Association Wichita, Kansas	Standard	2011-07-27	Valid
N6719E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Oleary Aviation INC Sibley, Iowa	Standard	2011-06-22	Valid
N6900E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2011-06-03	Valid
N6673E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2011-05-18	Valid
N8095T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2011-04-28	Valid
N6510E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-01-10	Valid
N7046M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2010-10-19	Valid
N7488M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2010-09-29	Valid
N6815E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Methow Valley Flyers Winthrop, Washington	Standard	2010-09-15	Valid
N7255M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ldg Aviation LLC Carefree, Arizona	Standard	2010-08-09	Valid
N6958E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	2010-01-22	Valid
N9296B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2009-08-26	Valid
N7979T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2009-07-08	Valid
N7251M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2009-04-22	Valid
N6974E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2009-01-20	Valid
N175TA	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2009-01-12	Valid
N8340T	Cessna 175C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sopris Aviation LLC Carbondale, Colorado	Standard	2008-11-03	Valid
N7947T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2008-09-11	Valid
N6616E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2008-09-08	Valid
N7446M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Multiple	2008-08-05	Valid
N9356B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	2008-07-14	Valid
N7038E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2008-05-20	Valid
N8079T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2008-03-05	Valid
N8266T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-11-13	Valid
N8081T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2007-09-26	Valid
N7374M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2007-08-25	Valid
N8181T	Cessna 175B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2007-08-20	Valid
N9321B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2007-08-15	Valid
N7324M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2007-08-13	Valid
N9473B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2007-08-02	Valid
N34260	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2007-07-26	Valid
N9340B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2007-07-06	Valid
N7959T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Arrow LLC Pateros, Washington	Standard	2007-06-12	Valid
N7674M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2007-04-19	Valid
N7367M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2007-04-16	Valid
N7223M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Moosehead Enterprises LLC Estero, Florida	Standard	2007-04-03	Valid
N17559	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2007-04-02	Valid
N9493B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2007-02-13	Valid
N6923E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2007-01-18	Valid
N7501M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nevada	Standard	2006-10-11	Valid
N8303T	Cessna 175C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2006-10-10	Valid
N7BN	Nickelson STEEN SKYBOLT	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Experimental	2006-09-28	Valid
N7066E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	2006-09-26	Valid
N6885E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2006-08-30	Valid
N8548X	Cessna P172D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2006-08-16	Valid
N6518E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2006-08-14	Valid
N7141T	Cessna 172	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alabama	Standard	2006-05-22	Valid
N7667M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2006-04-26	Valid
N7967T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2005-11-16	Valid
N7348M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-10-13	Valid
N8023T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2005-08-08	Valid
N7084E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2005-06-07	Valid
N76MA	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2005-03-28	Valid
N7974T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2005-02-01	Valid
N99RT	Cessna P172D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tennessee Museum of Aviation INC Sevierville, Tennessee	Standard	2004-11-17	Valid
N7065M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pamair INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2004-10-15	Valid
N6956E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2004-10-14	Valid
N7146M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2004-08-02	Valid
N7124M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	2004-02-26	Valid
N6597E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2004-02-19	Valid
N7088M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2004-01-08	Valid
N6832E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2003-12-04	Valid
N7247M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2003-11-13	Valid
N7182M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2003-10-29	Valid
N6621E	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2003-09-23	Valid
N8390T	Cessna 175C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2003-07-02	Valid
N7570M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2003-04-30	Valid
N9485B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2003-03-11	Valid
N7154M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2002-12-11	Valid
N9204B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2002-11-26	Valid
N9269B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2002-11-05	Valid
N7362M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2002-10-23	Valid
N7153M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-10-18	Valid
N7904T	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2002-09-16	Valid
N7351M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	2002-08-15	Valid
N7546M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2002-03-28	Valid
N7249M	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2002-03-20	Valid
N6812E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Utah	Standard	2002-03-19	Valid
N30TG	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2002-01-08	Valid
N9498B	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2001-11-30	Valid
N25LP	Cessna 310Q	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Ber Aviation INC Saratoga, California	Standard	2001-11-29	Valid
N141JA	Cessna 175	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2001-09-26	Valid
N8557X	Cessna P172D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2001-08-21	Valid
N6991E	Cessna 175A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2001-08-08	Valid

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.