Continental O-470-L
19 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental O-470-L engine, rated at about 230 horsepower. The Cessna 182 Skylane is the model most often fitted with it (13 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1955 and 1964.
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-470-L. FAA spelling: O-470-L.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 182 Skylane · Cessna 180 Skywagon · Cessna Wren 182G 460
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental O-470-L the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-273, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 30 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 59 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 4 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 30 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 59 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 4 · 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
- Cessna 182 Skylane 13 with this engine series
- Cessna 180 Skywagon 5 with this engine series
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Arizona 2 of these aircraft
- Alaska 2 of these aircraft
- Wyoming 1 of these aircraft
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470-L 30 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470-L 59 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-470-l.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 19
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N8005J | Cessna 180D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-09-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5379B | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Btp INC Missoula, Montana |
Multiple | 2025-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8609X | Cessna 180D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2024-05-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7244E | Cessna 182B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Ohio |
Standard | 2023-02-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N36XB | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Schmidt Thomas P Nunica, Michigan |
Standard | 2022-07-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N578LW | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wags and Wings LLC Sunset, Louisiana |
Standard | 2022-07-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4924D | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2022-04-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N625MB | Cessna Wren 182G 460 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Good and Young LLC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2022-01-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3876D | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2021-04-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N604MS | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hawaiian Airlift Company LLP Kihei, Hawaii |
Standard | 2020-03-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5997B | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Oregon |
Standard | 2018-11-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7789B | Cessna 182C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2018-09-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N180RX | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Nevada |
Standard | 2017-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4642U | Cessna 180G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Multiple | 2017-01-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2182G | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Cm Roberts LLC Stratford, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2016-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6456X | Cessna 180D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maine |
Standard | 2014-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N514GC | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2005-11-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6367B | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Standard | 1996-08-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6365B | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 1989-02-09 | 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.