Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 9, 2026

Continental O-470 series

12,781 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental O-470 series engine, rated at about 230 horsepower. The Cessna 182 Skylane is the model most often fitted with it (9,369 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1951 and 2023.

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 series. FAA spelling: O-470 SERIES.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table

	aircraft
Cessna 182 Skylane	9,369
Cessna 180 Skywagon	2,362
Beechcraft H35	204
Cessna 310	150
Cessna 305	148
Beechcraft A45	124
Bellanca 14	46
Beechcraft D-45	41
Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55	34
Beechcraft T-34	30
Cessna 188	27
Cessna L-19	23

Cessna 182 Skylane · Cessna 180 Skywagon · Beechcraft H35 · Cessna 310 · Cessna 305 · Beechcraft A45 · Bellanca 14 · Beechcraft D-45 · Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 55 · Beechcraft T-34

Where they are owner's state

California1,196Texas1,163Alaska861Washington673Florida552Montana468Arizona468Idaho448Colorado415Oregon399

By state, as a table

	aircraft
California	1,196
Texas	1,163
Alaska	861
Washington	673
Florida	552
Montana	468
Arizona	468
Idaho	448
Colorado	415
Oregon	399

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles12,580 (98%)Piston twins201 (2%)

By kind, as a table

	aircraft	share
Piston singles	12,580	98%
Piston twins	201	2%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table

	aircraft
1930	1
1940	29
1950	3,121
1960	3,749
1970	3,700
1980	562
1990	4
2000	10
2020	1

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental O-470 series the component layer

The design is held under 3 type certificates. The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 148 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 23 airworthiness directives · newest first

2023-10-262023-17-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine

2023-03-152023-05-16 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine

2023-02-232023-04-08 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section · engine

2023-02-172023-02-12 · Engine Air Intake System · engine

2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine

2022-03-292022-04-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine

All orders naming the Continental O-470 series

Failure reports 148 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Failure reports by year, as a table

	reports
95	5
96	4
97	1
99	2
00	3
01	15
02	22
03	16
04	16
05	6
06	6
07	9
08	8
09	8
10	8
12	4
13	7
14	1
17	4
18	1
20	1
26	1

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Bulkhead18Cylinder9Skin5Line4Support Bracket4Control Arm3Elt3Fitting3Rib3Roll Pin3

Parts most reported, as a table

	reports
Bulkhead	18
Cylinder	9
Skin	5
Line	4
Support Bracket	4
Control Arm	3
Elt	3
Fitting	3
Rib	3
Roll Pin	3

Latest reports

2026-08-27Cylinder: separated

2020-04-13Bracket: broken

2018-09-05Gear: chipped

2017-08-30Relay: shorted

2017-08-11Hub: cracked

Certificates and bulletins

E-273Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 21 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

E-269Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 8 models listed · revised September 19, 2022

E-281Type certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 2 models listed · revised May 4, 2020

Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders

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

2009-11-20NE-10-09 · Reciprocating Engine Power Section: Hydraulic Valve Lifters

2009-01-30NE-09-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section

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 182 Skylane 9,369 with this engine series
Cessna 180 Skywagon 2,362 with this engine series
Beechcraft H35 204 with this engine series
Cessna 310 150 with this engine series
Cessna 305 148 with this engine series
Beechcraft A45 124 with this engine series
Bellanca 14 46 with this engine series
Beechcraft D-45 41 with this engine series

Where they are

California 1,196 of these aircraft
Texas 1,163 of these aircraft
Alaska 861 of these aircraft
Washington 673 of these aircraft
Florida 552 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Sutton Aircraft Salvage LLC 26 of these aircraft
Civil Air Patrol INC 16 of these aircraft
Kcsi Aerial Patrol INC 15 of these aircraft
Bas Part Sales LLC 13 of these aircraft
Energy Transfer Aviation LLC 12 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

FAA orders naming the Continental O-470 series 23 airworthiness directives
Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995

Analytics

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-470-series.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 12,781

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N92750	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-06-16	Valid
N2139R	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1994-06-14	Valid
N3016F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1994-06-10	Valid
N3542Y	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	1994-06-09	Valid
N180S	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1994-06-08	Valid
N7651A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Restricted	1994-06-07	Valid
N5211G	Cessna 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1994-06-06	Valid
N8479T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1994-06-03	Valid
N3457B	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1994-06-01	Valid
N96475	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Gregg Flying Service INC Durango, Colorado	Standard	1994-05-12	Valid
N52393	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Riverside County Sheriffs Department Hemet, California	Standard	1994-05-06	Valid
N5601J	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	1994-05-03	Valid
N7854A	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1994-04-19	Valid
N9407C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1994-04-19	Valid
N157ZL	Beech D-45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Brooks Aviation INC Douglas, Georgia	Standard	1994-04-13	Valid
N3172Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1994-04-13	Valid
N4013	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	1994-04-11	Valid
N4974N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Civil Air Patrol INC Maxwell Afb, Alabama	Standard	1994-03-30	Valid
N9403C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oklahoma	Standard	1994-03-28	Valid
N225TX	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Civil Air Patrol INC Maxwell Afb, Alabama	Standard	1994-03-21	Valid
N255A	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Old Aircraft INC Lake City, Florida	Standard	1994-03-14	Valid
N6494A	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	1994-03-10	Valid
N5107E	Cessna 180B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maine	Standard	1994-02-18	Valid
N3069D	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1994-02-17	Valid
N4098D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-14	Valid
N2639G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1994-02-11	Valid
N3971D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Multiple	1994-02-10	Valid
N5212D	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-02-09	Valid
N2437R	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	1994-02-03	Valid
N3109R	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1994-01-28	Valid
N2704X	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1994-01-21	Valid
N42027	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Utah	Standard	1994-01-21	Valid
N3236U	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hetrick Daniel R Orovada, Nevada	Standard	1994-01-12	Valid
N4716B	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	1994-01-12	Valid
N735GK	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	D L A Aircraft INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	1994-01-10	Valid
N97981	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Grindstaff Aircraft Leasing INC Crossville, Tennessee	Standard	1993-12-22	Valid
N1267S	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-12-21	Valid
N21TN	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1993-12-21	Valid
N92098	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner South Dakota	Standard	1993-12-15	Valid
N3308R	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1993-12-01	Valid
N3195D	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1993-11-29	Valid
N2015R	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	1993-11-26	Valid
N91066	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	1993-11-10	Valid
N3363D	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	1993-11-09	Valid
N9720G	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	1993-11-05	Valid
N5109D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Caine Jennifer M Rigby, Idaho	Standard	1993-11-03	Valid
N91476	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-10-05	Valid
N900S	Cessna 310B	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Prairie Aviation Museum Bloomington, Illinois	Standard	1993-10-04	Valid
N5139D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-09-28	Valid
N4993N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-09-24	Valid
N4714N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	1993-09-14	Valid
N7084F	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	State of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin	Standard	1993-09-11	Valid
N5513D	Beech H35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Manross Marquardt LTD Partnership Mesa, Arizona	Standard	1993-09-10	Valid
N2449F	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	1993-09-08	Valid
N572G	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sickles James D Caledonia, New York	Standard	1993-08-30	Valid
N3130S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	N3130S Corporation Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	1993-08-20	Valid
N9935B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1993-08-19	Valid
N510F	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1993-08-17	Valid
N4924A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Restricted	1993-08-16	Valid
N3522U	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dfs Bountiful, Utah	Standard	1993-08-12	Valid
N7382Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	1993-08-04	Valid
N4916A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-08-02	Valid
N735AZ	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Yellowstone Aviation INC Jackson, Wyoming	Standard	1993-08-02	Valid
N3719U	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-07-14	Valid
N2476C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1993-06-23	Valid
N5272G	Cessna 310A	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	1993-06-17	Valid
N3804D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	1993-06-09	Valid
N2428C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	1993-06-08	Valid
N3145S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Standard	1993-06-04	Valid
N315AG	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1993-06-04	Valid
N735VM	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-06-04	Valid
N5105E	Cessna 180B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sayers James B Edison, Ohio	Standard	1993-06-02	Valid
N9238G	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	1993-05-20	Valid
N1209M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	1993-05-19	Valid
N71300	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	1993-05-19	Valid
N180WS	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	1993-05-14	Valid
N180KP	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Dakota	Standard	1993-05-13	Valid
N2840F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	1993-05-12	Valid
N3616D	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner California	Standard	1993-05-12	Valid
N6536M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	1993-05-11	Valid
N2636G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	1993-05-07	Valid
N94608	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	1993-05-07	Valid
N78102	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sonoma County Land Company INC Santa Rosa, California	Standard	1993-05-05	Valid
N8489T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1993-05-05	Valid
N121RA	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	1993-04-28	Valid
N2338G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Iberlin Ranch Gillette, Wyoming	Standard	1993-04-14	Valid
N7662K	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nebraska	Standard	1993-04-07	Valid
N3165R	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Reds Cable Tv INC Washington, North Carolina	Standard	1993-03-19	Valid
N735AS	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1993-03-18	Valid
N5577B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Standard	1993-03-10	Valid
N9762E	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	1993-03-10	Valid
N21405	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	1993-03-03	Valid
N6WP	Cessna 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	1993-03-03	Valid
N55NS	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Brown Nelson S Auburn, Washington	Standard	1993-03-02	Valid
N42326	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Minnesota	Standard	1993-02-24	Valid
N3484Y	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sport Obermeyer LTD Aspen, Colorado	Standard	1993-02-23	Valid
N8987T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	1993-02-23	Valid
N4947D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New York	Standard	1993-02-12	Valid
N9333T	Cessna 180C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	1993-02-10	Valid
N3622U	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	1993-02-03	Valid

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 9, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.

	reports
95	5
96	4
97	1
99	2
00	3
01	15
02	22
03	16
04	16
05	6
06	6
07	9
08	8
09	8
10	8
12	4
13	7
14	1
17	4
18	1
20	1
26	1

	reports
95	5
96	4
97	1
99	2
00	3
01	15
02	22
03	16
04	16
05	6
06	6
07	9
08	8
09	8
10	8
12	4
13	7
14	1
17	4
18	1
20	1
26	1

	reports
95	5
96	4
97	1
99	2
00	3
01	15
02	22
03	16
04	16
05	6
06	6
07	9
08	8
09	8
10	8
12	4
13	7
14	1
17	4
18	1
20	1
26	1