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

Continental TSIO-360-LB

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-360-LB engine, rated at about 210 horsepower. The Mooney M-20 is the model most often fitted with it (8 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1980 and 2024.

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-LB. FAA spelling: TSIO-360-LB.

Fitted to model families

Mooney M-208Wayne C Alsworth BEE CRAFT MHV OBSERV1

Mooney M-20 · Wayne C Alsworth BEE CRAFT MHV OBSERV

Where they are owner's state

Nevada2Wyoming1Texas1South Carolina1New York1Minnesota1Georgia1Florida1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles9 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

024577198012020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TSIO-360-LB 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 14 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 4 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 22 airworthiness directives · newest first

2023-10-262023-17-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine
2023-07-172023-09-09 · Exhaust Turbine System (Recip) · 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

All orders naming the Continental TSIO-360-LB

Failure reports 14 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01223969900010203101315119

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Check Valve2Cotter Pin2Gears2Distributor Gear1Drain1Gear1Housing1Piston1Retainer1Tab1

Latest reports

2019-07-05Cotter Pin: misinstalled
2015-06-11Drain: wrong part
2013-01-19Wire: broken
2010-10-21Housing: cracked
2003-01-24Distributor Gear: 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
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These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-360-lb.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N231MV Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee
Casper, Wyoming
Standard 2026-02-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N731CW Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine International Air Services INC Trustee
Carson City, Nevada
Standard 2026-01-21 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N47XT Wayne C Alsworth
BEE CRAFT MHV OBSERV
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Minnesota
Experimental 2025-05-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N414MS Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Jwk Air LLC
Pauline, South Carolina
Standard 2025-02-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N645BK Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Bk Earnest LLC
Oviedo, Florida
Standard 2025-02-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N916BL Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2025-01-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N21CC Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee
Snellville, Georgia
Standard 2023-12-05 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N231EG Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine International Air Services INC Trustee
Carson City, Nevada
Standard 2019-06-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5810T Mooney Aircraft Corp.
M20K
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New York
Standard 2018-05-04 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.