Continental IO-550-E
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-550-E engine, rated at about 300 horsepower. The Aero Commander 500 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1962 and 2011.
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-550-E. FAA spelling: IO-550-E.
Fitted to model families
Aero Commander 500 · Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 · Bricker Paul LANCAIR INTL ES · Cirrus SR22 · Love Ralph E Jr LANCAIR LEGACY · Mcabery Bruce G Iii LANCAIR ES
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-550-E the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 22 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 22 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1 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
- Aero Commander 500 1 with this engine series
- Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 1 with this engine series
- Cirrus SR22 1 with this engine series
- Delaware 2 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Oklahoma 1 of these aircraft
- Nevada 1 of these aircraft
- California 1 of these aircraft
- International Air Services INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-550-E 22 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-550-E 1 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-550-e.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N972GC | Beech 95-B55 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2026-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N692PC | Bricker Paul LANCAIR INTL ES |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2024-09-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N471D | Aero Commander 500-A |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Aero Food Imports LLC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2024-04-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N224CZ | Cirrus Design Corp SR22 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Teal Skies LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2022-03-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N122PT | Love Ralph E Jr LANCAIR LEGACY |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Experimental | 2012-09-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N82BM | Mcabery Bruce G Iii LANCAIR ES |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Experimental | 2003-02-25 | 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.