Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 8, 2026

Continental O-200 series

8,792 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental O-200 series engine, rated at about 100 horsepower. The Cessna 150 is the model most often fitted with it (7,691 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1947 and 2026.

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 O-200 series. FAA spelling: 0-200 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 150	7,691
Cessna A150	211
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ	97
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19	77
Cessna 162	24
Piper J-3 Cub	20
Cessna 140	20
Ercoupe 415	13
Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ)	13
Cessna 172 Skyhawk	13
Diamond Aircraft DA20 Katana and Eclipse	12
Luscombe 8 Silvaire	12

Cessna 150 · Cessna A150 · Champion 7 Citabria and Champ · Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19 · Cessna 162 · Piper J-3 Cub · Cessna 140 · Ercoupe 415 · Aeronca 7 Champion (Champ) · Cessna 172 Skyhawk

Where they are owner's state

Texas809California758Florida595Washington371Michigan281Ohio279Georgia276Alaska267Arizona250Minnesota247

By state, as a table

	aircraft
Texas	809
California	758
Florida	595
Washington	371
Michigan	281
Ohio	279
Georgia	276
Alaska	267
Arizona	250
Minnesota	247

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles8,778 (100%)Piston twins9 (0.1%)Helicopters5 (0.1%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	8,778	100%
Piston twins	9	0.1%
Helicopters	5	0.1%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1930	6
1940	90
1950	225
1960	3,836
1970	2,654
1980	99
1990	85
2000	85
2010	28
2020	10

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental O-200 series the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-252, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 8 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 8 airworthiness directives · newest first

1998-10-1998-17-11 · Crankshafts · engine

1996-02-1394-05-05 R1 · Cylinder Rocker · engine

1995-11-2895-21-15 · Aviation Gasoline · engine

1993-12-1493-22-05 · Carburetor Air Intake Housing Assemblies · engine

1993-08-1293-10-02 · Missing Cylinder Valve Retainer Key · engine

1981-04-0181-07-06 · AC Fuel Pumps · engine

All orders naming the Continental O-200 series

Failure reports 1 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Failure reports by year, as a table

	reports
16	1

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bolt1

Parts most reported, as a table

	reports
Bolt	1

Latest reports

2016-08-13Bolt: loose

Certificates and bulletins

E-252Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 15 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

Safety bulletins 6 · advice, not orders

2018-09-10NE-18-27 · POWERPLANT Rocker Shaft Boss Inspection

2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant

2012-10-31NE-13-04 · Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Connecting Rod Piston Pin Bushing Inspection

2003-06-27NE-03-45 ·

1998-06-10CE-98-21R1 ·

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

Cessna 150 7,691 with this engine series
Cessna A150 211 with this engine series
Champion 7 Citabria and Champ 97 with this engine series
Taylorcraft Aviation Corp F19 77 with this engine series
Cessna 162 24 with this engine series
Piper J-3 Cub 20 with this engine series
Cessna 140 20 with this engine series
Ercoupe 415 13 with this engine series

Where they are

Texas 809 of these aircraft
California 758 of these aircraft
Florida 595 of these aircraft
Washington 371 of these aircraft
Michigan 281 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Airgo INC 11 of these aircraft
High Exposure INC 10 of these aircraft
Round Engine Aero 8 of these aircraft
Jr Imaging Logistics INC 8 of these aircraft
International Air Services INC Trustee 8 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

FAA orders naming the Continental O-200 series 8 airworthiness directives
Failure reports on the Continental O-200 series 1 reports since 1995

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-200-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 8,792

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N4773X	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Black Diamond Aviation LLC Rathdrum, Idaho	Standard	2017-05-02	Valid
N10669	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-05-01	Valid
N6094K	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pcs Aviation LLC Louisa, Virginia	Standard	2017-04-27	Valid
N8053F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-04-27	Valid
N8858S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2017-04-27	Valid
N45247	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airgo INC Centralia, Illinois	Standard	2017-04-26	Valid
N16080	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	150 Flyers LLC Waterford, Michigan	Standard	2017-04-24	Valid
N7729E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-04-18	Valid
N3357J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Multiple	2017-04-17	Valid
N7096F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2017-04-14	Valid
N42EF	Jones Paul R DAVIS DA-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Experimental	2017-04-12	Valid
N61156	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-04-12	Valid
N7177S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2017-04-12	Valid
N7029S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wright Flyers LLC Fayetteville, Georgia	Standard	2017-04-11	Valid
N6704G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2017-04-10	Valid
N10148	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-04-06	Valid
N60649	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2017-04-05	Valid
N22003	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2017-04-04	Valid
N11779	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-03-31	Valid
N2947J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-03-31	Valid
N6758G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-03-30	Valid
N66654	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Integrated Workforce Solutions INC Sacramento, California	Standard	2017-03-29	Valid
N22834	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2017-03-28	Valid
N60342	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2017-03-28	Valid
N6327S	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2017-03-28	Valid
N45541	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Zxtair LLC Mankato, Minnesota	Standard	2017-03-27	Valid
N2586J	Cessna 150E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2017-03-20	Valid
N4657X	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2017-03-20	Valid
N11208	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC Fayetteville, North Carolina	Standard	2017-03-16	Valid
N17170	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-03-15	Valid
N1224Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Emprize LLC Menasha, Wisconsin	Standard	2017-03-10	Valid
N60982	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-03-10	Valid
N6282K	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-03-07	Valid
N61144	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Schenk Flight Service LLC Ainsworth, Nebraska	Standard	2017-03-06	Valid
N7849E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2017-03-06	Valid
N4567U	Cessna 150D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-03-02	Valid
N4828X	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-03-02	Valid
N6405T	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-03-01	Valid
N10903	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Forty Two J Aviation INC Keystone Heights, Florida	Standard	2017-02-24	Valid
N3574L	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-02-24	Valid
N2097Z	Cessna 150C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2017-02-23	Valid
N51258	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	2017-02-23	Valid
N1239Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-02-22	Valid
N45649	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2017-02-22	Valid
N7766E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2017-02-22	Valid
N121SS	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-02-17	Valid
N50012	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-02-17	Valid
N6088G	Cessna 150K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Great Lakes Air Ventures LLC Mason, Michigan	Standard	2017-02-16	Valid
N2366Q	Beckcom G/Beckcom R DAVIS DA2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2017-02-14	Valid
N1756Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-02-13	Valid
N9394U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2017-02-10	Valid
N5557G	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-02-09	Valid
N60943	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2017-02-09	Valid
N704AT	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2017-02-08	Valid
N8537G	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2017-02-08	Valid
N5508G	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2017-02-06	Valid
N7008V	Bolkow BOLKOW JUNIOR 208	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2017-02-06	Valid
N903KS	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mbk Leasing and Consulting LLC Lakeland, Florida	Standard	2017-02-06	Valid
N22477	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2017-02-02	Valid
N9392U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2017-02-02	Valid
N1920Z	Cessna 150C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2017-02-01	Valid
N6843F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2017-02-01	Valid
N714MZ	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airgo INC Centralia, Illinois	Standard	2017-02-01	Valid
N150HR	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Puerto Rico	Standard	2017-01-25	Valid
N19289	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	N19289 LLC Pageland, South Carolina	Standard	2017-01-25	Valid
N2802S	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2017-01-25	Valid
N9017B	Champion 7FC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2017-01-25	Valid
N150UC	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Nate Abel Flying Club Ft Worth, Texas	Standard	2017-01-24	Valid
N3268J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-01-24	Valid
N10839	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eagle Equity INC Valparaiso, Indiana	Standard	2017-01-23	Valid
N4049J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Washington Aero Club INC South Park, Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-01-18	Valid
N22157	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	2017-01-17	Valid
N388SE	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sunset Eagle Aviation LLC Southport, Florida	Standard	2017-01-17	Valid
N4281U	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	US Flight Academy Intl INC Post, Texas	Standard	2017-01-17	Valid
N46CA	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2017-01-17	Valid
N11442	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2017-01-13	Valid
N60630	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2017-01-12	Valid
N50551	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2017-01-11	Valid
N2923S	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2017-01-10	Valid
N5415Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arkansas	Standard	2017-01-09	Valid
N2570F	Champion 7ECA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2017-01-05	Valid
N3011J	Cessna 150E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Puerto Rico	Standard	2017-01-05	Valid
N19328	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-01-04	Valid
N4115F	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2017-01-04	Valid
N50624	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2017-01-04	Valid
N5920T	Cessna 150D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2017-01-04	Valid
N22886	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sky High Adventures LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2017-01-03	Valid
N2963S	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-01-03	Valid
N7713E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2017-01-03	Valid
N837G	Clark Robert G FOCKE WULF FW-190	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2017-01-03	Valid
N3561J	Cessna 150E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Apostolic Bible Institute INC Saint Paul, Minnesota	Standard	2016-12-30	Valid
N6512S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2016-12-30	Valid
N1700Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2016-12-29	Valid
N3123V	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Colemaker Aero & Marine LLC Saint Augustine, Florida	Standard	2016-12-29	Valid
N7797U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2016-12-28	Valid
N1254Q	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2016-12-23	Valid
N4631M	Piper PA-11	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	2016-12-23	Valid
N6663T	Cessna 150A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2016-12-23	Valid
N3091X	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2016-12-22	Valid
N6436T	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2016-12-21	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 8, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.