The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Continental IO-360-C

14 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-360-C engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Cessna 337 Skymaster is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1948 and 2009.

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-360-C. FAA spelling: IO-360-C.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 337 Skymaster9Allegre Gary A STARDUSTER TOO SA3001Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR ES1Cessna 175 Skylark1Temco GC-11Vanderweken Richard N MURPHY REBEL1

Cessna 337 Skymaster · Allegre Gary A STARDUSTER TOO SA300 · Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR ES · Cessna 175 Skylark · Temco GC-1 · Vanderweken Richard N MURPHY REBEL

Where they are owner's state

Texas3Florida2Washington1Nevada1New Mexico1New Jersey1Massachusetts1Louisiana1Delaware1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins9 (64%)Piston singles4 (29%)Gliders1 (7%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

012451194011950519604197022000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental IO-360-C the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E1CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 21 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 49 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 21 airworthiness directives · newest first

2023-10-262023-17-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine
2023-03-152023-05-16 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2023-02-232023-04-08 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2022-03-292022-04-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-242011-26-07 · Engine · engine

All orders naming the Continental IO-360-C

Failure reports 49 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0234696010623126

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Crankcase5Control Cable4Gear3Bolt2Brace2Seat Track2Switch2Valve2Alternator1Bearing1

Latest reports

2026-08-23Points: defective
2023-03-03Contactor: defective
2014-04-25Alternator: failed
2011-07-14Clevis Pin: broken
2010-06-04Crankcase: cracked

Certificates and bulletins

E1CEType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 18 models listed · revised October 5, 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
2001-12-28CE-02-09 ·

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

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-360-c.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 14

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N905KK Cessna
337F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Rdc Air LLC
Lithia, Florida
Standard 2026-06-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N765ES Bloodworth Tommy
LANCAIR ES
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2025-11-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N254WT Cessna
337C
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Clik Services LLC
Forestdale, Massachusetts
Standard 2024-05-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N337WZ Cessna
337F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Air Data Solutions LLC
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Standard 2023-12-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N706DV Vanderweken Richard N
MURPHY REBEL
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Washington
Experimental 2023-11-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N903KK Cessna
337E
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Hanger Nine Point Five LLC
Aztec, New Mexico
Standard 2023-01-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N789GA Allegre Gary A
STARDUSTER TOO SA300
Glider Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2022-12-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N14MR Cessna
337F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Marlin Aviation Flying Service LLC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Standard 2022-08-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N337FT Cessna
337A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Arizona
Standard 2022-03-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N446SN Cessna
337A
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Nevada
Standard 2020-12-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N175TT Cessna
175
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Alaska
Standard 2019-06-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N337RC Cessna
337D
Fixed-wing, multi-engine N337Rc CORP Trustee
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2018-04-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3812K Temco
GC-1B
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New Jersey
Standard 2014-05-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5456S Cessna
337B
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. 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.