Continental IO-520-C
4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-520-C engine, rated at about 285 horsepower. The Beechcraft 58 Baron is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1968 and 1977.
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-520-C. FAA spelling: IO-520-C.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft 58 Baron · Beechcraft E-55 · Cessna TU206 · Cessna U206 Stationair
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-520-C the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E5CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 36 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 329 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 8 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 36 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 329 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 11 · 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 58 Baron 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft E-55 1 with this engine series
- Cessna TU206 1 with this engine series
- Cessna U206 Stationair 1 with this engine series
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Tennessee 1 of these aircraft
- Maryland 1 of these aircraft
- Florida 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-520-C 36 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-520-C 329 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-520-c.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 4
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N900KB | Beech 58 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | N900Kb LLC California, Maryland |
Standard | 2023-09-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N17CJ | Cessna U206C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 16D Aviation LLC Vashon, Washington |
Standard | 2023-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N865MC | Beech E-55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | N865Mc LLC Knoxville, Tennessee |
Standard | 2022-11-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N19TL | Cessna TU206F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2007-06-15 | 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.