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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Continental LTSIO-360-KB

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental LTSIO-360-KB engine, rated at about 220 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-KB. FAA spelling: LTSIO-360-KB.

Fitted to model families

Piper PA-34 Seneca1

Piper PA-34 Seneca

Where they are owner's state

North Carolina1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111980

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental LTSIO-360-KB the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 16 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 17 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 16 airworthiness directives · newest first

2023-07-172023-09-09 · Exhaust Turbine System (Recip) · engine
2023-03-152023-05-16 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2023-02-232023-04-08 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2010-06-162010-11-04 · Hydraulic lifters · engine
2000-12-122000-23-21 · Crankshaft · engine

All orders naming the Continental LTSIO-360-KB

Failure reports 17 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

0122395969799000205091011112

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Seal3Crankshaft2Mixture Plate2Bearing1Cable1Engine1Landing Gear1Points1Potentiometer1Retainer1

Latest reports

2012-02-23Trunnion: broken
2011-11-25Landing Gear: collapsed
2011-09-15Potentiometer: burned
2011-08-04Cable: frayed
2010-06-10Selector Switch: broken

Certificates and bulletins

E9CEType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 28 models listed · revised June 1, 2020

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2020-04-06NE-20-05 · POWERPLANT - Engine Camshaft Gear Tooth Fracture
2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant
2013-02-08NE-13-15 · Engine Controls: Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Throttle and Mixture Control Levers
2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection
2009-11-20NE-10-09 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section: Hydraulic Valve Lifters

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-ltsio-360-kb.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N993AS Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Big Muddy LLC
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Standard 2025-05-19 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.