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
Cessna 182 Skylane9,369Cessna 180 Skywagon2,362Beechcraft H35204Cessna 310150Cessna 305148Beechcraft A45124Bellanca 1446Beechcraft D-4541Beechcraft 95 Travel Air and Baron 5534Beechcraft T-3430Cessna 18827Cessna L-1923
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
California1,197Texas1,165Alaska861Washington673Florida552Montana468Arizona468Idaho448Colorado415Oregon399
Kind of aircraft
Piston singles12,580 (98%)Piston twins201 (2%)
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental O-470 series the component layer
No FAA order in the current files names 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.
Failure reports 148 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Bulkhead18Cylinder9Skin5Line4Support Bracket4Control Arm3Elt3Fitting3Rib3Roll Pin3
Latest reports
2026-08-27Cylinder: separated
2020-04-13Bracket: broken
2018-09-05Gear: chipped
2017-08-30Relay: shorted
2017-08-11Hub: cracked
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 1,197 of these aircraft
- Texas 1,165 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
- Failure reports on the Continental O-470 series 148 reports since 1995
Analytics
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-o-470-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 12,781
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N184PW | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6549M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N730B | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Last Approach LLC Fort Myers, Florida |
Standard | 2026-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9869H | Cessna 182R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Foxtrot Alliance LLC Southlake, Texas |
Standard | 2026-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9889E | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dragonstone LLC Beaverton, Oregon |
Standard | 2026-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1937M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Poultry Not Beef LLC Chancellor, Alabama |
Standard | 2026-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3071Q | Cessna 182K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Standard | 2026-07-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5497B | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Blue Sky Powers N5497B LLC Dover, Delaware |
Standard | 2026-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7268E | Cessna 182B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2026-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N759PC | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Frihed LLC West Yellowstone, Montana |
Standard | 2026-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9069X | Cessna 182D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Keefer Aviation LLC Lancaster, Ohio |
Standard | 2026-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9361G | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Gensky LLC Center Point, Iowa |
Standard | 2026-07-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21566 | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Maryland |
Standard | 2026-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N21PV | Cessna 182J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2026-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4WS | Cessna 182L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2026-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9301X | Cessna 182E |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Shaunkoe LLC Merrill, Oregon |
Standard | 2026-07-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2448Q | Cessna 182K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Euroaviation INC Trustee Kematen, |
Standard | 2026-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3049E | Cessna 182R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-07-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2936E | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2026-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3129Q | Cessna 182K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2026-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9484X | Cessna 182R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | D&J Air Adventures INC Koloa, Hawaii |
Standard | 2026-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N97859 | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2026-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N239WM | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Plane Fun INC Tr (Trustee) Snellville, Georgia |
Standard | 2026-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3173C | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Oklahoma |
Standard | 2026-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73TZ | Cessna 305A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hangar 113 LLC Scottsdale, Arizona |
Standard | 2026-06-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9896H | Cessna 182R |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hilltop Aviation LLC Rowlesburg, West Virginia |
Standard | 2026-06-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5477 | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hudson Lake Properties LLC Pryor, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2026-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N710WG | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Colorado |
Standard | 2026-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N735FT | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2026-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N94897 | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52764 | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Skylane LLC Williamsburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N557DB | Beech A45 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mentor One LLC Englewood, Florida |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N727SG | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N735GU | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Indiana |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N735MS | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Michigan |
Standard | 2026-06-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71876 | Cessna 182M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New York |
Standard | 2026-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N305FU | Cessna 305A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dustoff LLC Concord, New Hampshire |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3449Y | Cessna 180H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Steel Rock Aviation LLC West Jordan, Utah |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5399D | Cessna 180A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8488M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Nevada |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N85T | Cessna 182D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8896T | Cessna 182C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N91564 | Cessna 182M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9782B | Cessna 180A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Right Way AG LLC Harwood, North Dakota |
Standard | 2026-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N180TL | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3917Y | Cessna 182E |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Smf Multi Sports LLC Lewes, Delaware |
Standard | 2026-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N52138 | Cessna 180J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N735EB | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Louisiana |
Standard | 2026-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75ML | Cessna 182G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-06-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3110F | Cessna 182J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2026-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3416Y | Cessna 180H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Flying D Farm INC Kerhonkson, New York |
Multiple | 2026-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N421Y | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9043X | Cessna 182D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2190G | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Scapegoat Aviation LLC Choteau, Montana |
Standard | 2026-06-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5536B | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | High Five Flying LLC Amarillo, Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6193B | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Connecticut |
Standard | 2026-06-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N24Z | Beech T-34A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N260DF | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Matchbox Holdings LLC Harrisonburg, Virginia |
Standard | 2026-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3162R | Cessna 182L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sky West Aviation INC Trustee Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Standard | 2026-06-17 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2558G | Cessna 182B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Wyoming |
Standard | 2026-06-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N64183 | Cessna 180K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1374S | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Renninger Log Homes Meeker, Colorado |
Standard | 2026-06-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2018X | Cessna 182H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mahan Multimedia LLC Lexington, Kentucky |
Standard | 2026-06-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6463A | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2026-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73LT | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 302 LLC Anchorage, Alaska |
Restricted | 2026-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N78607 | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3113R | Cessna 182L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Myers Richard Sugar Land, Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5671B | Cessna 182 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner North Carolina |
Standard | 2026-06-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N234MB | Beech D-45 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2026-06-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N310LR | Cessna 310A |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Casavia CORP Guelph Ontario, |
Standard | 2026-06-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3317U | Cessna 182F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sierra Aviation LLC Fond du Lac, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2026-06-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3418 | Meek David S STOLP STARDUSTER II |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Kansas |
Experimental | 2026-06-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3422U | Cessna 182F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | K & M Aircraft LLC Granbury, Texas |
Standard | 2026-06-05 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3340R | Cessna 182L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Missouri |
Standard | 2026-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N34JS | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | J & K Aviation LLC Bristow, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2026-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9115T | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Georgia |
Standard | 2026-06-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3748D | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N71002 | Cessna 182M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sheepdog Aviation LLC Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
Multiple | 2026-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N759TR | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Standard | 2026-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N759ZQ | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nebraska |
Standard | 2026-06-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2720Q | Cessna 182K |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Delta Yankee Aviation LLC Anguilla, Mississippi |
Standard | 2026-06-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N226AC | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Title 46 LLC Hamilton, Montana |
Standard | 2026-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2973A | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Red Aero LLC Grand Junction, Colorado |
Standard | 2026-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8268M | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2026-06-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8830T | Cessna 182C |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Hotrod Aviation LLC Springdale, Arkansas |
Standard | 2026-05-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7157E | Cessna 182B |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Standard | 2026-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N97540 | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Popeye and Olives Adventures LLC Helena, Montana |
Standard | 2026-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N97881 | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | D & L Holdings LLC Conway, Arkansas |
Standard | 2026-05-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N759ZH | Cessna 182Q |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Massachusetts |
Standard | 2026-05-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N904FU | Fuji LM I |
Fixed-wing, single engine | N904Fu LLC Jacksonville, Florida |
Experimental | 2026-05-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N451NA | Cessna 182M |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Mississippi |
Standard | 2026-05-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4728K | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Cloud Dodgers Flying Club INC The Villages, Florida |
Standard | 2026-05-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8879X | Cessna 182D |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2026-05-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2165Z | Cessna 180F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Standard | 2026-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes | |
| N3274D | Cessna 180 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Nevada |
Standard | 2026-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4051D | Cessna 182A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2026-05-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N130TC | Cessna 182P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2026-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2013X | Cessna 182H |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Eec Group LLC Kalispell, Montana |
Multiple | 2026-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3000Y | Cessna 182E |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2026-05-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3550U | Cessna 182F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Ohio |
Standard | 2026-05-25 | 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.