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
N1956	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-04-02	Valid
N21LD	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner West Virginia	Standard	2012-04-02	Valid
N3736U	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-03-30	Valid
N2014R	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Daedalus Wings INC Malvern, Ohio	Restricted	2012-03-29	Valid
N2565G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2012-03-29	Valid
N65006	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Delvalle Enterprises INC Sandpoint, Idaho	Standard	2012-03-29	Valid
N97997	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Redline Aviation INC Sioux City, Iowa	Standard	2012-03-29	Valid
N9124B	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-03-28	Valid
N180GB	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N182LW	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N500QB	Cessna 310B	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N5737J	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-03-27	Valid
N1835M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N2484C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Lejeune Aerial Applications LLC Basile, Louisiana	Standard	2012-03-26	Valid
N3197S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-23	Valid
N2359X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2012-03-22	Valid
N3089Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Symbiotic Assets LLC Winnemucca, Nevada	Standard	2012-03-22	Valid
N7315Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Hawaii	Standard	2012-03-21	Valid
N8857X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2012-03-21	Valid
N759VV	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2012-03-20	Valid
N2409Y	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Low Go Flyers INC Jonesville, Louisiana	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N2825F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N3115S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N777TV	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Top AG INC Colby, Kansas	Standard	2012-03-19	Valid
N2704Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2012-03-16	Valid
N52792	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N6056F	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rkc Aviation INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N6229E	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2012-03-15	Valid
N8844X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2012-03-14	Valid
N9628G	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2012-03-14	Valid
N2843A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-03-13	Valid
N7805A	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2012-03-12	Valid
N4994A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2012-03-09	Valid
N3211S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-07	Valid
N95696	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Minnesota	Standard	2012-03-07	Valid
N9705B	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2012-03-07	Valid
N76CN	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Density Altitude LLC Colorado Springs, Colorado	Standard	2012-03-06	Valid
N3431Y	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Nebraska	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N735RQ	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N7722F	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N78T	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2012-03-05	Valid
N2808K	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Cam Corporation Fairbanks, Alaska	Standard	2012-03-02	Valid
N97192	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Atlantis Construction INC Friday Harbor, Washington	Standard	2012-03-02	Valid
N2876Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-02-29	Valid
N180LF	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Standard	2012-02-28	Valid
N3143U	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Timuuu INC Alden, New York	Standard	2012-02-28	Valid
N5875B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2012-02-27	Valid
N2657Y	Cessna 180E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Restricted	2012-02-25	Valid
N3208S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2012-02-22	Valid
N8762T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Crook Brady G Bandon, Oregon	Standard	2012-02-21	Valid
N6297G	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Massachusetts	Standard	2012-02-17	Valid
N21416	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-02-15	Valid
N2887R	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-02-14	Valid
N9307H	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-02-10	Valid
N9281G	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2012-02-09	Valid
N182WL	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-02-07	Valid
N2450Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2012-02-07	Valid
N2311G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2012-02-06	Valid
N2723F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2012-02-06	Valid
N8713X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Oklahoma	Standard	2012-02-06	Valid
N77JP	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Dakota Aircraft INC Pierre, South Dakota	Standard	2012-02-03	Valid
N97127	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2012-02-03	Valid
N8811X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2012-02-02	Valid
N108BT	Stinson 108-3	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying J Aviation LLC Lynden, Washington	Standard	2012-02-01	Valid
N71766	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2012-02-01	Valid
N1293S	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Michigan	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N1515C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Taildraggers LLC Aspen, Colorado	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N2755C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	R & B Aviation LLC Oakland, Michigan	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N3121D	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Frey Jerry P Fallon, Nevada	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N424NT	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N9934E	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2012-01-31	Valid
N5361B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skydive Ricks LLC Petersburg, Ohio	Standard	2012-01-30	Valid
N7914D	Beech H35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2012-01-30	Valid
N52564	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Electrical Systems Professionals INC Trinidad, Colorado	Standard	2012-01-26	Valid
N678JB	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Sierra Flyers INC Incline Village, Nevada	Standard	2012-01-23	Valid
N9803V	Cessna 188	Fixed-wing, single engine	Koinzan Enterprises INC Elgin, Nebraska	Standard	2012-01-23	Valid
N4775N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tennessee Metals Recycling LLC Murray, Kentucky	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N69EL	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2012-01-21	Valid
N9739G	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2012-01-20	Valid
N2629Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2012-01-19	Valid
N95802	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Acquisitions INC Durham, North Carolina	Standard	2012-01-19	Valid
N2254G	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Standard	2012-01-17	Valid
N735BA	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Wheels Up Aviation INC Arlington Heights, Illinois	Standard	2012-01-17	Valid
N956BF	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mpd2 INC Valdosta, Georgia	Standard	2012-01-17	Valid
N52443	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	182-52443 LLC Queen Creek, Arizona	Standard	2012-01-13	Valid
N6700T	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Utah	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N8918T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airtime LLC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2012-01-12	Valid
N8389S	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Michigan	Standard	2012-01-11	Valid
N71204	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Northwest Alabama Aviation LLC Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Standard	2012-01-10	Valid
N2490X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2012-01-05	Valid
N3100Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Standard	2012-01-04	Valid
N3568Y	Cessna 182F	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerial Adventures Demo INC Hopewell, Virginia	Standard	2012-01-04	Valid
N9335E	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Jersey	Standard	2012-01-03	Valid
N3450F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Missouri	Standard	2011-12-29	Valid
N2797F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-28	Valid
N659K	Beech A45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rocky Mountain Warbirds LLC Littleton, Colorado	Standard	2011-12-28	Valid
N7436Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Maryland	Standard	2011-12-27	Valid
N5343D	Cessna 180A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Husnik Brad M Forest Lake, Minnesota	Standard	2011-12-22	Valid
N71028	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-12-21	Valid
N3741D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wyoming	Standard	2011-12-20	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