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

Continental IO-360-H

2 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-360-H engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 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-360-H. FAA spelling: IO-360-H.

Fitted to model families

American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout1Butterfield Mike SUPER BREEZY1

American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout · Butterfield Mike SUPER BREEZY

Where they are owner's state

Nevada1North Carolina1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles2 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112010

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E1CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 19 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 19 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-H

Certificates and bulletins

E1CEType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 18 models listed · revised October 5, 2022

Safety bulletins 4 · 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

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-h.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 2

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N700PY Butterfield Mike
SUPER BREEZY
Fixed-wing, single engine Wells Propane INC
Wells, Nevada
Experimental 2023-07-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N519MK American Champion Aircraft
8KCAB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Carolina
Standard 2022-12-28 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.