Continental TSIO-470 series
4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-470 series engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Cessna 320 is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 1967.
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-470 series. FAA spelling: TSIO-470 SER.
Fitted to model families
Cessna 320 · Aeronautica Macchi S P A AL 60 B-2 · Cessna 310
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TSIO-470 series the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (3E3, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 16 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 3 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 16 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 3 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders
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
- Cessna 320 2 with this engine series
- Cessna 310 1 with this engine series
- Washington 1 of these aircraft
- Texas 1 of these aircraft
- Oregon 1 of these aircraft
- Alaska 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-470 series 16 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-470 series 3 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-470-series.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 4
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N123DE | Cessna 310C |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner Washington |
Standard | 2019-02-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N60ZW | Aeronautica Macchi S P A AL 60 B-2 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2017-10-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N3041T | Cessna 320C |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Southern Oregon Skyways INC Medford, Oregon |
Special flight permit | 2011-09-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N66552 | Cessna 320B |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 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.