Continental TSIO-520-AE
8 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-520-AE engine, rated at about 250 horsepower. The Cessna T303 is the model most often fitted with it (8 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1981 and 1984.
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-520-AE. FAA spelling: TSIO-520-AE.
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-520-AE the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 26 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 16 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 26 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 16 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 9 · 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 T303 8 with this engine series
- Oregon 2 of these aircraft
- Delaware 2 of these aircraft
- Florida 1 of these aircraft
- California 1 of these aircraft
- Alabama 1 of these aircraft
- Skyline Aviation Services LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Qualitair LLC Trustee 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-520-AE 26 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-520-AE 16 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-520-ae.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 8
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N954JC | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Skyline Aviation Services LLC Miramar, Florida |
Standard | 2025-12-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4725C | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Continental Aerospace Technologies INC Mobile, Alabama |
Experimental | 2025-07-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N303WA | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Infinite Air Center LLC Albany, Oregon |
Standard | 2024-11-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N303WW | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Qualitair LLC Trustee Michelstadt, |
Standard | 2023-05-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N609DS | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Tj Air Holdings INC Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2022-04-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N217ME | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Air Research Ca INC Torrance, California |
Standard | 2017-03-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N303MB | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | N303Mb CORP Trustee Wilmington, Delaware |
Standard | 2016-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N700KB | Cessna T303 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | California Oregon Development LLC Portland, Oregon |
Standard | 2012-06-12 | 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.