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

Continental IO-470-D

7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-470-D engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Cessna 310 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1957 and 2024.

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-470-D. FAA spelling: IO-470-D.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 3103Cessna 180 Skywagon1Cessna 182 Skylane1Deutscher Kevin W URSA-BUTEO1Gaber Jerome D BD4-51

Cessna 310 · Cessna 180 Skywagon · Cessna 182 Skylane · Deutscher Kevin W URSA-BUTEO · Gaber Jerome D BD4-5

Where they are owner's state

Wyoming1Texas1New Mexico1Mississippi1Kansas1Idaho1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles4 (57%)Piston twins3 (43%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01223119503196012020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental IO-470-D the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (3E1, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 24 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 12 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 24 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
2023-02-172023-02-12 · Engine Air Intake System · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine

All orders naming the Continental IO-470-D

Failure reports 12 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234196400101202103104112115

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cylinder2Conduit1Counterweight1Crankshaft1Engine1Fuel Line1Leg Assy1Pin1Piston Pin1Plate1

Latest reports

2015-03-05Cylinder: delaminated
2012-03-03Support: cracked
2004-09-03Leg Assy: broken
2003-01-28Pin: wrong part
2002-10-30Counterweight: cracked

Certificates and bulletins

3E1Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 19 models listed · revised October 12, 2022

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2020-04-06NE-20-05 · POWERPLANT - Engine Camshaft Gear Tooth Fracture
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

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Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-470-d.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 7

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N310MB Cessna
310F
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee
Casper, Wyoming
Standard 2026-02-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N30T Cessna
310G
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Aero Quest LLC
Olive Branch, Mississippi
Standard 2024-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N272DG Deutscher Kevin W
URSA-BUTEO
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Experimental 2024-04-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N997TX Cessna
182E
Fixed-wing, single engine Peso Consulting LLC
Lexington, Texas
Standard 2020-05-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N259JG Gaber Jerome D
BD4-5
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New Mexico
Experimental 2017-04-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N391E Cessna
310D
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Kansas
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. All codes
N847AF Cessna
180A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Idaho
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.