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	Status
N60425	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	Sale reported
N6067J	Cessna A150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Sale reported
N60708	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	Pending
N60875	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	Pending
N61129	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jones Flying Service LLC Pulaski, Tennessee	Standard	Valid
N61130	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	Pending
N61187	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	Pending
N6238R	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	Pending
N6295G	Cessna 150K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	Pending
N6299T	Cessna 150E	Fixed-wing, single engine	No owner on file	Standard	Assigned, not yet registered
N63006	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Pending
N63125	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	Pending
N6324K	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	Pending
N6329G	Cessna 150K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	Pending
N6343K	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Pending
N6348S	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Valid
N63580	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N6422T	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	Pending cancellation
N6438F	Cessna A150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Pending
N6483F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Pending
N6495T	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	Sale reported
N6553S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	Pending
N6577T	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	Pending
N65981	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	Pending
N66006	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	Pending
N6616G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	Sale reported
N66271	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	Pending
N66314	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	Pending
N6631G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	Pending
N66333	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	Pending
N66386	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	Pending
N66704	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner	Standard	Sale reported
N6687S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	Sale reported
N6762S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	Pending
N6796S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	Pending
N6836G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	Pending
N6937F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	Sale reported
N6954F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Pending
N704PD	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	Sale reported
N7076S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	Pending
N7100X	Cessna 150A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	Canceled
N7118G	Cessna 150L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	Pending
N714BE	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	Pending
N714DR	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	Pending
N7161F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N7162S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hensley Aviation LLC Telford, Tennessee	Standard	Valid
N717SX	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	Pending
N7196S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	Sale reported
N7199F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	Sale reported
N7205S	Cessna 150H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	Pending
N721CW	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	Valid
N7281X	Cessna 150B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado	Standard	Valid
N7441Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	Pending
N7559U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Freeman Jet LLC Cape Coral, Florida	Standard	Valid
N7658U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	Pending
N7714F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	Pending
N7734E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	Pending
N7792F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado	Standard	Valid
N7797E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	Pending
N7807E	Cessna 150	Fixed-wing, single engine	No owner on file	Standard	Pending cancellation
N8038S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Pending
N8108F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	Sale reported
N811CX	Cessna 150J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N8141S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	Pending
N8155S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Sale reported
N8168U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	Sale reported
N8169F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	Pending
N8221F	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	Sale reported
N8270S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	N83993 LLC Cherry Hill, New Jersey	Standard	Expired dealer
N8312G	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N8327J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	Valid
N83427	Aeronca 7AC	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	Pending
N8346G	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Pending
N8429J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	Pending
N8540J	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	Sale reported
N85643	Butler Thomas William CUBY SPORTSMAN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado	Experimental	Valid
N8634G	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	Pending
N8659S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Pending
N8662S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	Pending
N8702G	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Valid
N8747U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N8822S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	Canceled
N8851S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Rhode Island	Standard	Pending
N88KN	Cessna 150G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N8974S	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	Pending
N9108U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	Pending
N9203U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	Canceled
N9477U	Cessna 150M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	Pending
N9538A	Cessna 150C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	Sale reported
N95535	Taylorcraft BCS12-D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hadley Acft INC S Plainfield, New Jersey	None on file	Revoked
N9994Y	Champion 7ECA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	Sale reported
N999RD	Cessna 150F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	Sale reported

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.