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
N8982T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Dakota	Standard	2011-12-20	Valid
N2566R	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N44JG	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Liberty Industries LLC Washington, District of Columbia	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N49GL	Cessna 180C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-12-19	Valid
N2416C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ta Ritchey LLC Batavia, Ohio	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N3700U	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner New Mexico	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N7174E	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-16	Valid
N3268S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-15	Valid
N68396	Cessna 305E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2011-12-14	Valid
N7792K	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-13	Valid
N34VY	Beech D-45	Fixed-wing, single engine	Trident Aircraft INC Easton, Maryland	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N4999D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-12-12	Valid
N180KA	Cessna 180H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-09	Valid
N212KY	Cessna 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerial Banners INC Pembroke Pines, Florida	Standard	2011-12-09	Valid
N4627B	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Standard	2011-12-09	Valid
N6275A	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-12-08	Valid
N9158X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2011-12-08	Valid
N182LL	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Skylane Aviation INC Tillar, Arkansas	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N70885	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Bates Ranches Condon, Oregon	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N8421T	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-12-01	Valid
N61653	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alaska	Standard	2011-11-30	Valid
N9221C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2011-11-30	Valid
N735AD	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Ohio	Standard	2011-11-17	Valid
N2170M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-11-16	Valid
N5813B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-11-10	Valid
N6953M	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	N6953M Kemt Aircraft LLC Monrovia, California	Standard	2011-11-09	Valid
N5408N	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aviation Law LLC Mesa, Arizona	Standard	2011-11-07	Valid
N2005X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-11-03	Valid
N5336A	Cessna 310	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2011-11-02	Valid
N1124B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Alaska Homestead Lodge INC Soldotna, Alaska	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N9429X	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	World Missions Outreach Brownsville, Texas	Standard	2011-11-01	Valid
N2411R	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Georgia	Standard	2011-10-31	Valid
N6DR	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2011-10-31	Valid
N9784H	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Pokey Airlines LLC Reno, Nevada	Standard	2011-10-27	Valid
N3200S	Cessna 182G	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-10-25	Valid
N2996Y	Cessna 182E	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-10-24	Valid
N117AC	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N9996E	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-10-18	Valid
N144D	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N2652R	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N3270D	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2011-10-17	Valid
N2799Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Jersey	Standard	2011-10-13	Valid
N66765	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2011-10-12	Valid
N46317	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2011-10-11	Valid
N8557S	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Little River Aviation LLC Tifton, Georgia	Standard	2011-10-11	Valid
N4791D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-10-05	Valid
N64205	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Washington	Standard	2011-10-05	Valid
N2468C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Oregon	Standard	2011-10-04	Valid
N8909T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2011-10-03	Valid
N1835	Cessna Ector 305A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Massachusetts	Standard	2011-09-30	Valid
N2717G	Cessna 182B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N3182D	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N86227	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Montana	Standard	2011-09-29	Valid
N8522T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-09-26	Valid
N291DC	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	T G Dunn Plumbing INC Hulls Cove, Maine	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N9486H	Cessna 182R	Fixed-wing, single engine	Stegehuis Richard L Helenville, Wisconsin	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N96713	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mountain Top LLC Lafayette, Louisiana	Standard	2011-09-23	Valid
N3682C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2011-09-22	Valid
N36RC	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aiken Air Sales and Rentals LLC Aiken, South Carolina	Standard	2011-09-16	Valid
N15PA	Cessna 180K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flight Dynamics LLC De Leon Springs, Florida	Standard	2011-09-14	Valid
N5999B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Big Bird LLC Prescott, Arizona	Standard	2011-09-14	Valid
N1313B	Bellanca 14-19-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-09-13	Valid
N20805	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Standard	2011-09-13	Valid
N2064K	Beech 95-B55 (T42A)	Fixed-wing, multi-engine	Diamond O Ranch LLC Fredericksburg, Texas	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N8413S	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Flying Condors INC Templeton, California	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N8499S	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Colorado	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N96885	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Chord Line LLC East Hampton, New York	Standard	2011-09-10	Valid
N5953B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Elevate Air INC Titusville, Florida	Standard	2011-09-08	Valid
N180C	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N287TC	Cessna 182N	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aiv Con INC Charlevoix, Michigan	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N5449D	Beech H35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2011-09-07	Valid
N9073X	Cessna 182D	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner South Dakota	Multiple	2011-09-06	Valid
N71884	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Nevada	Standard	2011-09-02	Valid
N765SR	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2011-09-02	Valid
N5431B	Cessna 182	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ri Skydiving Aircraft LLC Middletown, Rhode Island	Standard	2011-09-01	Valid
N5899B	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ri Skydiving Aircraft LLC Middletown, Rhode Island	Standard	2011-09-01	Valid
N8714T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2011-09-01	Valid
N779MD	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2011-08-30	Valid
N96510	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	T34B LLC Seattle, Washington	Standard	2011-08-26	Valid
N182PG	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2011-08-25	Valid
N7711A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Alaska	Standard	2011-08-24	Valid
N7045Q	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-22	Valid
N2954F	Cessna 182J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Iowa	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N42975	Cessna 182L	Fixed-wing, single engine	47Q LLC Eau Claire, Wisconsin	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N95981	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2011-08-19	Valid
N180WF	Cessna 180J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Alabama	Standard	2011-08-18	Valid
N4646A	Cessna 180	Fixed-wing, single engine	North Sixty Taildraggers LLC Port Ludlow, Washington	Standard	2011-08-17	Valid
N355GR	Beech H35	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Standard	2011-08-16	Valid
N21000	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Wisconsin	Standard	2011-08-15	Valid
N735YW	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2011-08-12	Valid
N759TV	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Jimmy Mac LLC Sun Valley, Idaho	Standard	2011-08-12	Valid
N21358	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Delaware	Standard	2011-08-09	Valid
N2069X	Cessna 182H	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Connecticut	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N48WE	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N918CT	Cessna 182M	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2011-08-08	Valid
N2562Q	Cessna 182K	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2011-08-05	Valid
N735MR	Cessna 182Q	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Florida	Standard	2011-08-05	Valid
N8472T	Cessna 182C	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2011-08-05	Valid
N4766D	Cessna 182A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2011-08-04	Valid
N6341F	Cessna 182P	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arkansas	Standard	2011-08-04	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