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
N97833	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2014-03-11	Valid
N5848B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2014-03-10	Valid
N1YT	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	One Yankee Tango LLC Jenks, Oklahoma	Standard	2014-03-07	Valid
N49JS	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	N49Js LLC Missoula, Montana	Standard	2014-03-07	Valid
N5795B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jst Management LLC Zephyrhills, Florida	Standard	2014-03-07	Valid
N58624	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2014-03-07	Valid
N61662	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Restricted	2014-03-06	Valid
N2354X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	North Coast Aeronautical LLC Cleveland, Ohio	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N58909	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Plantation Farms INC Wall, Texas	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N7074Q	Cessna 180F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N8800X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-03-05	Valid
N71818	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N75FB	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-03-04	Valid
N5364B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N7278N	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N759RZ	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N997PC	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-02-28	Valid
N57MJ	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2014-02-27	Valid
N180AN	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N21316	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N5277G	Cessna 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N759UR	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N9914V	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jennair LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2014-02-25	Valid
N302U	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2014-02-21	Valid
N5ZB	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blue Aviation INC Venice, Florida	Standard	2014-02-20	Valid
N25AW	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2014-02-19	Valid
N20803	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2014-02-18	Valid
N3732U	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-02-18	Valid
N6484X	Cessna 180D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2014-02-14	Valid
N3347Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Carolina	Standard	2014-02-13	Valid
N4626D	Beech G35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2014-02-12	Valid
N86WM	Cessna Ector 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pangaea Air Services INC Aspen, Colorado	Experimental	2014-02-12	Valid
N8422T	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Crutchfield Utility Aviation LLC Siloam Springs, Arkansas	Standard	2014-02-11	Valid
N9211X	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Salter 11X LLC Duluth, Minnesota	Standard	2014-02-11	Valid
N1323M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Standard	2014-02-10	Valid
N3518Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2014-02-10	Valid
N9087T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Virginia	Standard	2014-02-10	Valid
N1800X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N2613F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N411KM	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N9293X	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-02-07	Valid
N7309N	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-02-05	Valid
N6842M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2014-02-03	Valid
N69W	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-02-03	Valid
N9736H	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Brentco Aerial Patrol INC Canton, Ohio	Standard	2014-02-03	Valid
N6590M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Opm Holdings LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2014-01-30	Valid
N9423M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2014-01-30	Valid
N735WG	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2014-01-27	Valid
N20944	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2014-01-24	Valid
N8566S	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oregon	Standard	2014-01-24	Valid
N9712G	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-01-24	Valid
N171ES	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N2033G	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N3463F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2014-01-23	Valid
N4929D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Union Flyers LLC Union, South Carolina	Standard	2014-01-22	Valid
N313JW	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-01-21	Valid
N9172M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2014-01-21	Valid
N9511B	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2014-01-17	Valid
N65068	Cessna Ector 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2014-01-16	Valid
N742DC	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	5C Aviation INC Boise City, Oklahoma	Standard	2014-01-15	Valid
N9333G	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Multiple	2014-01-15	Valid
N9900N	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2014-01-14	Valid
N3930D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2014-01-13	Valid
N759RF	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2014-01-13	Valid
N9092X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2014-01-13	Valid
N2751Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Valu Prop LLC Fargo, North Dakota	Standard	2014-01-09	Valid
N42947	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2014-01-09	Valid
N1405S	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N4770D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N5393T	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N84LS	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N9918N	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2014-01-08	Valid
N42648	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Propwash 182 LLC Visalia, California	Standard	2014-01-07	Valid
N180FS	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Vermont	Standard	2014-01-06	Valid
N4785N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Holden Engineering INC Oviedo, Florida	Standard	2014-01-02	Valid
N86DT	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eby Cattle LLC Tonto Basin, Arizona	Standard	2013-12-31	Valid
N42291	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2013-12-30	Valid
N92472	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2013-12-30	Valid
N180HV	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2013-12-27	Valid
N6128N	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N9450E	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aivcon INC Charlevoix, Michigan	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N9497E	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aivcon INC Charlevoix, Michigan	Standard	2013-12-24	Valid
N602WP	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2013-12-23	Valid
N7338S	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2013-12-23	Valid
N180SK	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2013-12-20	Valid
N8716X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Montana	Standard	2013-12-19	Valid
N91220	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2013-12-19	Valid
N97453	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2013-12-19	Valid
N5151E	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Blhh Dixon, California	Standard	2013-12-18	Valid
N2789Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Centerline LLC Yankton, South Dakota	Standard	2013-12-17	Valid
N12252	Beech A45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Maresco International CORP Alpha, New Jersey	Standard	2013-12-12	Valid
N21516	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Wisconsin	Standard	2013-12-10	Valid
N143PD	Beech A45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2013-12-09	Valid
N1175M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rj Freebird LLC Driftwood, Texas	Standard	2013-12-05	Valid
N4681K	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2013-12-05	Valid
N1336S	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	J and D Petroleum CO Tallahassee, Florida	Standard	2013-12-03	Valid
N58885	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Livengood John M Prescott, Arizona	Standard	2013-12-03	Valid
N91753	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Restricted	2013-11-27	Valid
N4944C	Beech D-45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2013-11-25	Valid
N89JF	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2013-11-25	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