Continental IO-470-N
12 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-470-N engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Beechcraft P35 is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1956 and 1971.
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-N. FAA spelling: IO-470-N.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft P35 · Beechcraft M35 · Beechcraft N35 · Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair · Beech 45 · Beechcraft A45 · Beechcraft G33 · Beechcraft T-34
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-N the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (3E1, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 28 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 17 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 17 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 P35 3 with this engine series
- Beechcraft M35 2 with this engine series
- Beechcraft N35 2 with this engine series
- Beechcraft 35 Bonanza and Debonair 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft A45 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft G33 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft T-34 1 with this engine series
- Texas 3 of these aircraft
- Nevada 2 of these aircraft
- Montana 2 of these aircraft
- California 2 of these aircraft
- South Dakota 1 of these aircraft
- International Air Services INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-470-N 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-470-N 17 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-470-n.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 12
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N9220Q | Beech G33 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2026-09-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4534M | Beech 45 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34UA | Beech P35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2026-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34CQ | Beech T-34A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Rocky Mountain Warbirds LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Standard | 2024-10-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N463T | Beech P35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Check 6 LLC Spearfish, South Dakota |
Standard | 2022-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34BV | Beech A45 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2022-02-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N675V | Beech N35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2018-02-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N951T | Beech M35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2017-11-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N748JH | Beech 35-B33 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2015-06-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9704R | Beech M35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Special flight permit | 2013-02-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N35UK | Beech N35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2011-09-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9673Y | Beech P35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | Sale reportedFAA registration status code 7. 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.