Continental LTSIO-360-E
1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental LTSIO-360-E engine, rated at about 200 horsepower. The Piper PA-34 Seneca is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).
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 LTSIO-360-E. FAA spelling: LTSIO-360-E.
Fuel: 100LL avgas.
Fitted to model families
Model families, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Piper PA-34 Seneca | 1 |
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental LTSIO-360-E the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 15 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 15 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 15 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 15 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Failure reports by year, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| 95 | 3 |
| 96 | 1 |
| 98 | 4 |
| 99 | 1 |
| 01 | 2 |
| 02 | 1 |
| 03 | 1 |
| 10 | 1 |
| 14 | 1 |
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Parts most reported, as a table
| reports | |
|---|---|
| Valve | 2 |
| Breather | 1 |
| Coupling | 1 |
| Crankcase | 1 |
| Crankshaft | 1 |
| Cylinder | 1 |
| Cylinder Head | 1 |
| Doubler | 1 |
| Drive Shaft | 1 |
| Exhaust Valve | 1 |
Latest reports
Approved replacement parts 365 parts manufacturer approvals
Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:
Most often: stud (27), washer (26), ring (23), gasket (23), spring (21), magneto (16), seal (13), screw (10), bushing (9), piston (8).
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · 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
- Piper PA-34 Seneca 1 with this engine series
- Florida 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental LTSIO-360-E 15 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental LTSIO-360-E 15 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-ltsio-360-e.json.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 1
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), November 6, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.