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

Continental TSIO-360 GB

17 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-360 GB engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Piper PA-34 Seneca is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1979 and 2002.

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 GB (2 codes). FAA spellings: TSIO-360 GB · TSIO-360-GB.

Fitted to model families

Piper PA-34 Seneca9Mooney M-206Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow2

Piper PA-34 Seneca · Mooney M-20 · Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Warrior, Archer and Arrow

Where they are owner's state

Oklahoma2New Mexico2Wyoming1Texas1Pennsylvania1New York1Nevada1North Dakota1North Carolina1Maryland1

Kind of aircraft

Piston twins9 (53%)Piston singles8 (47%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

03610131197013198012000

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

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E9CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 15 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 4 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
2022-03-292022-04-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-242011-26-07 · Engine · engine

All orders naming the Continental TSIO-360 GB

Failure reports 15 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01234495496300101103106110

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Cylinder2Housing2Brush Block1Cap O-Ring1Clamp1Crankshaft1Lifter1Pump1Spinner1Stop Pin1

Latest reports

2010-09-10Brush Block: loose
2006-09-26Valve: leaking
2003-08-01Spinner: cracked
2001-12-05Washer: missing
2000-09-25Pump: failed

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

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Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-360-gb.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 17

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N2BL Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine International Air Services INC Trustee
Carson City, Nevada
Standard 2026-02-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N885DL Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Sky West Aviation INC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2025-09-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8362Y Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
North Dakota
Standard 2025-08-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8362D Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Coco Aircraft INC
Merritt Island, Florida
Standard 2025-05-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N214GK Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Sky West Aviation INC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Standard 2024-10-28 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N231SQ Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine N231Sq LLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Standard 2024-07-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N888BC Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Two Hundred CO
Ontario,
Standard 2023-07-20 Reports overdueFAA registration status code N: Non-citizen corporation that has not returned its flight-hour reports. All codes
N8287U Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Co-owned owner
Pennsylvania
Standard 2023-06-07 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N915TX Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2023-05-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8327H Piper
PA-28RT-201T
Fixed-wing, single engine R Darrell Weaver Enterprises LLC
Moore, Oklahoma
Standard 2023-03-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N398JF Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Standard 2021-06-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N125FL Piper
PA-34-200
Fixed-wing, multi-engine All Star Capital LLC
Concord, North Carolina
Standard 2021-05-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N40AP Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Caelus Air LLC
Sheridan, Wyoming
Standard 2020-11-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N644AC Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Twin Poles Aviation LLC
East Setauket, New York
Standard 2020-10-15 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8328V Piper
PA-34-200T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Quick Gas Aviation LLC
Thomasville, Georgia
Standard 2017-05-01 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8456C Piper
PA-34-220T
Fixed-wing, multi-engine Amblygon LTD CO
Boise, Idaho
Standard 2013-06-19 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N82593 Piper
PA-28RT-201T
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Maryland
Standard 2011-11-18 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.