Continental O-470-S
22 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental O-470-S 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 1963 and 2010.
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-S. FAA spelling: O-470-S.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 182 Skylane · Cessna 180 Skywagon · Glenn Roy J BEARHAWK
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-S the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-273, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 26 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 67 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 26 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 67 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 8 with this engine series
- Washington 3 of these aircraft
- Minnesota 3 of these aircraft
- Utah 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 2 of these aircraft
- Alaska 2 of these aircraft
- Wipaire INC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental O-470-S 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470-S 67 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-470-s.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 22
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N3562U | Cessna 182F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Prairie Aviation of Hamilton INC Corvallis, Montana |
Standard | 2026-08-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N18075 | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Northwestaildraggers LLC Washougal, Washington |
Standard | 2026-03-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6210F | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2025-07-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3459S | Cessna 182H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Stg LLC Mountain Green, Utah |
Standard | 2025-06-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N22NN | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | International Air Services INC Trustee Carson City, Nevada |
Standard | 2024-09-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N105MT | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2024-06-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6802M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Kokopelli Sun LLC Logan, Utah |
Standard | 2023-09-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N257LM | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ssb Aviation LLC Wasilla, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-08-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N208TC | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2023-06-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N654AS | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2023-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N456JG | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2022-02-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N713K | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2022-01-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9967N | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sawtooth Aviation LLC Hovland, Minnesota |
Standard | 2021-09-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N135DM | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2020-05-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274G | Glenn Roy J BEARHAWK |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Mississippi |
Experimental | 2019-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1291S | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Avidyne CORP Melbourne, Florida |
Experimental | 2018-12-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N727PC | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Pb&J Holding LLC Franktown, Colorado |
Standard | 2018-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6583M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Idaho |
Standard | 2016-08-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7828K | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Minnesota |
Standard | 2016-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N274MD | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2015-02-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6506M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Beechhurst CORP Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2007-06-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N180CJ | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wipaire INC South Saint Paul, Minnesota |
Standard | 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.