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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of November 13, 2026

Continental TSIO-360-A

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-360-A engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Cessna 170 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1952 and 1970.

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 TSIO-360-A. FAA spelling: TSIO-360-A.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Fitted to model families

Cessna 1701Cessna T3371Weil STARDUSTER TOO1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Cessna 1701
Cessna T3371
Weil STARDUSTER TOO1

Cessna 170 · Cessna T337 · Weil STARDUSTER TOO

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
California2
Ohio1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles267%
Piston twins133%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19501
19702

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TSIO-360-A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 22 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 6 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 6 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 22 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
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-242011-26-07 · Engine · engine
2010-06-162010-11-04 · Hydraulic lifters · engine

All orders naming the Continental TSIO-360-A

Failure reports 6 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01245196500
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
961
005

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Pump5
Nipple1

Latest reports

2000-11-28Pump: leaking
2000-10-26Pump: failed
2000-10-26Pump: leaking
2000-08-14Pump: leaking
2000-07-11Pump: leaking

Approved replacement parts 435 parts manufacturer approvals

Parts a company other than the maker may make for this engine and sell as FAA-approved. The companies holding the most:

Most often: ring (44), gasket (37), washer (31), stud (31), magneto (22), spring (20), seal (15), ignition harness (12), bushing (12), screw (11).

Certificates and bulletins

E9CEType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 28 models listed · revised June 1, 2020

Safety bulletins 4 · advice, not orders

2016-03-08NE-16-13 · Powerplant - Prohibited use of sealant
2013-02-08NE-13-15 · Engine Controls: Continental Motors, Inc. (CMI) Throttle and Mixture Control Levers
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

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

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-360-a.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N3JX Cessna
170B
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
California
Experimental 2019-07-25 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8931 Weil
STARDUSTER TOO
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Ohio
Experimental 2016-01-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N919B Cessna
T337E
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Co-owned owner
California
Standard 2015-02-17 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), November 13, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.