The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 7, 2026

Continental IO-550 series

3,077 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental IO-550 series engine, rated at about 300 horsepower. The Cirrus SR22 is the model most often fitted with it (1,265 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1968 and 2025.

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 series. FAA spelling: IO-550 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Cirrus SR221,265Beechcraft A36 Bonanza724Mooney M-20366Beechcraft 58 Baron274Lancair Company LC4265Lancair Company LC-4058Cessna A185 Skywagon26Cessna U206 Stationair22Beechcraft F33 Bonanza15Beechcraft V35 Bonanza13Beechcraft A4510Beechcraft G36 Bonanza8

Cirrus SR22 · Beechcraft A36 Bonanza · Mooney M-20 · Beechcraft 58 Baron · Lancair Company LC42 · Lancair Company LC-40 · Cessna A185 Skywagon · Cessna U206 Stationair · Beechcraft F33 Bonanza · Beechcraft V35 Bonanza

Where they are owner's state

Texas278California248Florida237Delaware152North Carolina119Georgia106Tennessee82Arizona81Oklahoma78Ohio75

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles2,785 (91%)Piston twins282 (9%)Turboprops10 (0.3%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

04328651,2981,7301940195019601970198019902000201092020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental IO-550 series the component layer

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 239 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 16 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 239 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

08172634950106111825126

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cylinder10Alternator6Bulkhead6Motor6Pump6Wire6Bearing5Bracket5Brake Disc5Oil Cooler5

Latest reports

2026-01-26Pump: faulted
2025-02-17Piston: failed
2023-12-30Engine: power loss
2022-09-29Bearing: failed
2022-09-29Bearing: failed

Certificates and bulletins

Safety bulletins 1 · advice, not orders

2002-08-08NE-02-41 ·

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

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-io-550-series.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3,077

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N75LB Lancair Company
LC-40-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine L & A Bennett Second Family LP
Renton, Washington
Standard 2022-03-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4331E Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Cmb Holdings LLC
Logansport, Indiana
Standard 2022-03-12 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6053U Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Atlas Vineyard Management INC
Napa, California
Standard 2022-03-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N632CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Birch Run Aviation LLC
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Standard 2022-03-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5348M Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Looney Tunes Air LLC
Omaha, Nebraska
Standard 2022-03-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N191DW Lancair Company
LC42-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Lexo Enterpirses
Houston, Texas
Standard 2022-02-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N305AP Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Doc Joey INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2022-02-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N851CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Eva Aviation LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2022-02-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N109EA Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New York
Standard 2022-02-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N363MB Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Maryland
Standard 2022-02-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N62ES Beushausen Donald J
LANCAIR ES
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2022-02-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N574HA Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Low Approach LLC
Wilmington, North Carolina
Standard 2022-02-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N708W Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Altitude Aviation LLC
Missoula, Montana
Standard 2022-02-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N310VP Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine N310Vp LLC
Galena, Ohio
Standard 2022-02-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N89PF Lancair Company
LC-40-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 2022-02-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N241EB Lancair Company
LC42-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Usd Flyers INC
Atlanta, Georgia
Standard 2022-02-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7243M Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Excalibur Funding LLC
Thayer, Missouri
Standard 2022-02-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N467CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Starship 1 LLC
Houston, Texas
Standard 2022-02-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6748P Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Standard 2022-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N817BK Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Chase Aviation CO LLC
Jamestown, New York
Standard 2022-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N935CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Alabama
Standard 2022-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N972CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oklahoma
Standard 2022-02-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N241WS Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Sun Moon Star LLC
Springfield, Missouri
Standard 2022-02-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N244MB Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2022-02-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N245Z Beech
T-34B
Fixed-wing, single engine Mentor Aviation INC
Goshen, Indiana
Standard 2022-02-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5643C Beech
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Advance LLC
Waterville, Maine
Standard 2022-02-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N220RP Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Standard 2022-01-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6019Z Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Indiana
Standard 2022-01-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N47FA Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
North Carolina
Standard 2022-01-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7131G Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie
PZL-104 WILGA 80
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Minnesota
Standard 2022-01-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N631TA Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Diamond R Aviation LLC
Canyon, Texas
Standard 2022-01-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1516M Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Standard 2022-01-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N197DT Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2022-01-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N363SC Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Ocm Aviation LLC
Buckeye, Arizona
Standard 2022-01-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N713RD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Grow Rich LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2022-01-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8787Y Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Stanyan Holdings LLC
Portland, Oregon
Standard 2022-01-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N412TK Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Standard 2022-01-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N920GC Beech
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Sabre Drilling Consulting LLC
Summerfield, North Carolina
Standard 2021-12-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8153H Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine T Money Aviation LLC
St George, Utah
Standard 2021-12-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2186J Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20S
Fixed-wing, single engine Rsp Wealth Strategies LLC
Glen Allen, Virginia
Standard 2021-12-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N44KC Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Spitfire Ix INC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2021-12-17 Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes
N448D Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Dillingham John e
Enid, Oklahoma
Standard 2021-12-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N789VB Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Fsq Aviation LLC
Dover, Delaware
Standard 2021-12-11 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N262EA Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Jeaps Aviation LLC
Edgewater, Florida
Standard 2021-12-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N307JS Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2021-12-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5128C Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Nevada
Standard 2021-12-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N715RL Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Nofziger Medical Consulting LLC
Stryker, Ohio
Standard 2021-12-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N448SR Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Aquatic Resources Management LLC
Lexington, Kentucky
Standard 2021-12-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5080R Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2021-12-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N59MM Lancair Company
LC42-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee
Snellville, Georgia
Standard 2021-12-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N746CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Sky West Aviation INC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2021-12-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N710KT Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2021-12-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1012P Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Fly Slc LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2021-11-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N895CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Carfinder LLC
Huntington Station, New York
Standard 2021-11-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N635SA Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New York
Standard 2021-11-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N18WW Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Fourth Sister LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2021-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N420BL Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine N420Bl LLC
Carmel, Indiana
Standard 2021-11-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2145X Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2021-11-16 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N323DM Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2021-11-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N822SC Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Tennessee
Standard 2021-11-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N717PG Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Mc Consultants LLC
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
Standard 2021-11-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N28MG Beech
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Hudson Equipment LLC
Camden, Delaware
Standard 2021-11-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6504K Lancair Company
LC-40-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Qualitair LLC Trustee
Michelstadt,
Standard 2021-11-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N606WM Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Standard 2021-11-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N821GH Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine N821Gh LLC
Hudson Oaks, Texas
Standard 2021-11-03 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N416S Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Florida
Standard 2021-11-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N907C Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Connecticut
Standard 2021-10-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N432CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Vlahos Aviation LLC
Destin, Florida
Standard 2021-10-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8242J Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Withheld at owner's request
Standard 2021-10-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N898ZK Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Carltrustee Consulting INC
Coto de Caza, California
Standard 2021-10-27 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1539V Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine 39 Victor Aviation INC
Macomb, Illinois
Standard 2021-10-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N564BP Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Crhrr LLC
Riverside, California
Standard 2021-10-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21MF Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Osgood Air LLC
Hays, Kansas
Standard 2021-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N33SH Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Drl Baron LLC
San Augustine, Texas
Standard 2021-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N364MW Raytheon Aircraft Company
G36
Fixed-wing, single engine Upwind Approach LLC
Lisle, Illinois
Standard 2021-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N88EZ Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Wisconsin
Experimental 2021-10-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N899CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Bowles Services LLC
Houston, Texas
Standard 2021-10-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N472CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New York
Standard 2021-10-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N500TL Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Sententia LLC
Highland Park, Illinois
Standard 2021-10-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N169DW Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine A&P Properties LLC
Manns Choice, Pennsylvania
Standard 2021-10-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N675SP Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Plane Fun Aviation LLC
Bradenton, Florida
Standard 2021-10-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N845JR Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Dean Construction CORP
Medford, Oregon
Standard 2021-10-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N529CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2021-10-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6067T Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Illinois
Standard 2021-10-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N696BT Beech
F33A
Fixed-wing, single engine Santa Anita INC
Dallas, Texas
Standard 2021-10-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1114X Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Alyeska Aero LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2021-10-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N36GJ Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Sweet Aviation LLC
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Standard 2021-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N38TL Beech
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Bonanza 1 LLC
Hernando, Mississippi
Standard 2021-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8181V Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Pebble Alternative LLC
Harahan, Louisiana
Standard 2021-09-30 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N2347G Raytheon Aircraft Company
58
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Montana
Standard 2021-09-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3216Z Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine My Fly LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2021-09-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N535R Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Flight Training Pro LLC
Nashville, Tennessee
Standard 2021-09-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N537CD Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Oregon
Standard 2021-09-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N136P Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Flying Daze
Batavia, Ohio
Standard 2021-09-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N77AC Beech
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Eagle Aviation Consulting LLC
Wilmington, Delaware
Standard 2021-09-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N217SC Raytheon Aircraft Company
A36
Fixed-wing, single engine Jtfs LLC
Huntsville, Alabama
Standard 2021-09-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N882WB Cirrus Design Corp
SR22
Fixed-wing, single engine Wright Bros Flying Club LLC
Lewes, Delaware
Standard 2021-09-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N89HW Lancair Company
LC-40-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Hw Air Lc
Salt Lake City, Utah
Standard 2021-09-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N300TL Lancair Company
LC-40-550FG
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Carolina
Standard 2021-09-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N133CG Beech
F33A
Fixed-wing, single engine Roq Farm LLC
Diboll, Texas
Standard 2021-09-13 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 7, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.