Continental IO-470-L
22 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-470-L engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 is the model most often fitted with it (19 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1955 and 1982.
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-L. FAA spelling: IO-470-L.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 · Beechcraft B-55 · Beechcraft F35 · Beechcraft T42
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-L the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (3E1, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 27 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 144 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 13 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 27 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 144 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
- Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 19 with this engine series
- Beechcraft B-55 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft F35 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft T42 1 with this engine series
- Wyoming 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- Alabama 2 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- Sky West Aviation INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-470-L 27 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-470-L 144 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-470-l.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 22
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N155AG | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee Snellville, Georgia |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1702T | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Dans Shop INC Montevideo, Minnesota |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N455BT | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2026-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N955BE | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N450LH | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N676TG | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Rick Aviation INC Newport News, Virginia |
Standard | 2025-08-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N700ZC | Beech B-55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Phantom Real Estate Group LLC Destin, Florida |
Standard | 2025-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52JM | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Jetstar Aviation Group LLC Norlina, North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N501WT | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2025-06-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1202B | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Davis Aviation INC DBA Brandon, Mississippi |
Standard | 2025-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N26DE | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Continental Title Trust LLC Trustee Wichita, Kansas |
Standard | 2025-05-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N169SP | Beech 95-A55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2024-12-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35YT | Beech F35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Standard | 2024-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N12BG | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Full Scale Aviation LLC Mccordsville, Indiana |
Standard | 2024-04-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N815KK | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Bristol Aircraft Leasing LLC Montgomery, Alabama |
Standard | 2023-01-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8577M | Beech 95-A55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skyfix International INC Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Standard | 2022-11-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N120B | Beech 95-A55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skysuite Aviation LLC Tujunga, California |
Standard | 2022-02-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N355AD | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2021-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N227BY | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aerospace Trust Management LLC Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2019-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N567JL | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | 2Fly-Safety LLC Trustee Azle, Texas |
Standard | 2019-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N242BT | Beech T42 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Friends of Army Aviation Ozark Ozark, Alabama |
Standard | 2017-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N111VM | Beech 95-B55 (T42A) |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skyline Aeronautical Services LLC Dorado, Puerto Rico |
Standard | 2016-11-14 | 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.