Continental IO-470-F
9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-470-F engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Cessna 182 Skylane is the model most often fitted with it (4 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1962 and 2025.
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-F. FAA spelling: IO-470-F.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 182 Skylane · Cessna 185 Skywagon · Bellanca Inc 14-19-3A · Tundrahawk STINSON SS
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-470-F the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (3E1, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 25 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 14 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 25 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 14 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 6 · 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 182 Skylane 4 with this engine series
- Cessna 185 Skywagon 3 with this engine series
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- L3Harris Technologies Flight Capital LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-470-F 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-470-F 14 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-470-f.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 9
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1260R | Bellanca Inc 14-19-3A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Life Builders International Albert Lea, Minnesota |
Standard | 2026-09-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N185RH | Cessna 185A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N458SK | Tundrahawk STINSON SS |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Experimental | 2025-03-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8581F | Cessna 182B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Accurate Aero LLC Minden, Nevada |
Standard | 2024-12-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N969WM | Cessna 185A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arkansas |
Standard | 2023-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N97825 | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Destination Tbd LLC Milliken, Colorado |
Standard | 2022-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N23RG | Cessna 185C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2018-09-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4718N | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | L3Harris Technologies Flight Capital LLC Greenville, Texas |
Experimental | 2016-08-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5144N | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | L-3 Communications Eo/Ir INC Loveland, Colorado |
Standard | 2011-04-20 | 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.