Continental IO-550-G
115 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-550-G engine, rated at about 280 horsepower. The Mooney M-20 is the model most often fitted with it (96 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1985 and 2020.
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-G. FAA spelling: IO-550-G.
Fitted to model families
Mooney M-20 · Barracuda N380L Llc NLA-275 · Browning Frank QUESTAIR VENTURE · Busch Robert M F-1 ROCKET II · Cessna U206 Stationair · Griffin James Howard GRIFFIN SPECIAL · Hane Carter H LANCAIR ES/FB · Hatton Frederick L LANCAIR LEGACY · Kilani Reda LANCAIR IV · Mercer Gerald G QUEST AIR VENTURE
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-G the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 25 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 8 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 23 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 25 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 10 · 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
- Mooney M-20 96 with this engine series
- Cessna U206 Stationair 1 with this engine series
- Ryan NAVION 1 with this engine series
- Texas 11 of these aircraft
- Florida 11 of these aircraft
- California 11 of these aircraft
- Delaware 8 of these aircraft
- Louisiana 5 of these aircraft
- Twist Air INC 2 of these aircraft
- Sky West Aviation INC Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 2 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-550-G 23 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-550-G 25 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-550-g.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 115
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N78PE | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fun Aviation LLC Rockford, Michigan |
Standard | 2010-06-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N888KN | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2009-01-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N431GX | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hb Acquisitions LLC North Miami, Florida |
Standard | 2008-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N929SA | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | North American Racing Institute Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2008-11-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N63LJ | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lj Marshall Enterprises LLC La Mesa, California |
Standard | 2008-10-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N15PD | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Standard | 2008-02-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N281JP | Mooney Aircraft Corp. M20S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2008-01-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N463G | Griffin James Howard GRIFFIN SPECIAL |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2007-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53TL | Smith Glenn W VENTURE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2007-07-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N533LJ | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hazelhurst INC Middletown, Delaware |
Standard | 2006-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8VQ | Browning Frank QUESTAIR VENTURE |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Experimental | 2004-03-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N90LH | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Lb Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 1999-08-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N722FM | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | A/C Airwaves LLC Seattle, Washington |
Standard | 1999-07-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5251F | Mooney International Corp M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Waypoint Services LLC Missoula, Montana |
Standard | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N698PM | Mooney M20R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 88West Jet Sales LLC Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin |
Standard | 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.