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

Continental IO-240-A

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-240-A engine, rated at about 125 horsepower. The Eagle EAGLE X-TS 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 IO-240-A. FAA spelling: IO-240-A.

Fitted to model families

Eagle EAGLE X-TS1

Eagle EAGLE X-TS

Where they are owner's state

No data

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental IO-240-A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E7SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 3 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 29 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 3 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2010-06-162010-11-04 · Hydraulic lifters · engine
2009-24-51 emergency · Hydraulic lifters · engine

Failure reports 29 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

024579799020304050609101214115

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Exhaust Pipe4Roll Pin3Canopy2Coupling2Gear2Bolt1Bracket1Control Tube1Cotter Pin1Fuel Tank1

Latest reports

2015-01-09Gasket: failed
2014-02-19Pump: malfunctioned
2012-07-27Cotter Pin: broken
2010-05-27Tube: worn
2009-10-25Coupling: failed

Certificates and bulletins

E7SOType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 3 models listed · revised November 18, 2022

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant
2013-02-08NE-13-15 · Engine Controls: Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Throttle and Mixture Control Levers
2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection
2009-11-20NE-10-09 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
1998-06-10CE-98-21R1 ·

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-240-a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N2276D Eagle
EAGLE X-TS
Fixed-wing, single engine
Experimental 2018-05-14 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), October 5, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.