Continental IO-360-K
9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-360-K engine, rated at about 195 horsepower. The Cessna R172 Hawk XP is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1976 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 IO-360-K. FAA spelling: IO-360-K.
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental IO-360-K the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E1CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 26 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 26 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders
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
- Cessna R172 Hawk XP 9 with this engine series
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Tennessee 1 of these aircraft
- North Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Kentucky 1 of these aircraft
- Kansas 1 of these aircraft
- Fly Rite Aviation LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-360-K 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-360-K 26 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-360-k.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 9
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N172CX | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bias Aviation LLC Crossville, Tennessee |
Standard | 2026-08-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N488RA | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | West Bottoms Properties INC Iola, Kansas |
Standard | 2026-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N810MF | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Florida |
Standard | 2025-01-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N739AL | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fly Rite Aviation LLC Fort Myers, Florida |
Standard | 2024-06-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N696AL | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Pas Aviation INC Modesto, California |
Standard | 2023-09-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N770CB | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Teton Avjet LLC Driggs, Idaho |
Standard | 2021-05-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N736CS | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kentucky |
Standard | 2021-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N758MW | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2019-11-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N736PE | Cessna R172K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2019-10-18 | 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.