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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Continental TP500

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TP500 engine, rated at about 350 horsepower. The Mooney M-20 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 TP500. FAA spelling: TP500.

Fitted to model families

Mooney M-201

Mooney M-20

Where they are owner's state

Nevada1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111990

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TP500 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E6SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 1 airworthiness directive (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 1 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine

Certificates and bulletins

E6SOType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 1 model listed · revised June 1, 2020

Safety bulletins 2 · 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

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
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tp500.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N91692 Mooney
M20R
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Nevada
Standard 2025-04-01 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.