Continental IO-550-P
6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-550-P engine, rated at about 310 horsepower. The Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion is the model most often fitted with it (3 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1976 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-550-P. FAA spelling: IO-550-P.
Fitted to model families
Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion · Cessna 210 Centurion · Cessna P210 Pressurized Centurion · Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow
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-P the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E3SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 20 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 3 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 20 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 3 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 9 · 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
- Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion 3 with this engine series
- Cessna 210 Centurion 1 with this engine series
- Cessna P210 Pressurized Centurion 1 with this engine series
- Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow 1 with this engine series
- Vitatoe Industries INC 1 of these aircraft
- Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- Pacific Flight Aviation LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental IO-550-P 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental IO-550-P 3 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-550-p.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 6
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N2258S | Cessna 210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee Casper, Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N123DM | Cessna T210M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2023-05-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N550MT | Cessna T210N |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Living Sky Grains LLC Three Forks, Montana |
Standard | 2020-07-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N72DM | Piper PA-28-181 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Pacific Flight Aviation LLC Costa Mesa, California |
None on file | 2018-03-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N761VT | Cessna T210M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Charlie Kilo Romeo LLC Georgetown, Texas |
Standard | 2016-02-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4789K | Cessna P210N |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Vitatoe Industries INC Chillicothe, Ohio |
Experimental | 2000-07-20 | 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.