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

Continental TSIO-520-CE

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-520-CE engine, rated at about 325 horsepower. The Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft).

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-CE. FAA spelling: TSIO-520-CE.

Fuel: 100LL avgas.

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Wyoming1
Utah1
Alabama1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles3100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0012221980
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19802

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TSIO-520-CE the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 29 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 10 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 29 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
2023-02-172023-02-12 · Engine Air Intake System · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2022-03-292022-04-04 · Reciprocating Engine Oil System · engine

All orders naming the Continental TSIO-520-CE

Failure reports 10 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

01223298299300212114
Failure reports by year, as a table
reports
982
992
003
122
141

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Parts most reported, as a table
reports
Lifter2
Rod End2
Cover1
Crankshaft1
Exhaust Valve1
Keeper1
Throttle Cable1
Vernatherm1

Latest reports

2014-01-22Throttle Cable: broken
2012-12-21Lifter: spalled
2012-12-21Lifter: spalled
2000-10-17Vernatherm: broken
2000-07-20Exhaust Valve: worn

Approved replacement parts 30 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: magneto (5), stud (3), harness (3), fuel nozzle (3), magneto pressurized (2), engine oil (2), ring (1), oil filter (1), ignition harness (1), clamp (1).

Certificates and bulletins

E8CEType certificate held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC. · 31 models listed · revised April 6, 2020

Safety bulletins 10 · advice, not orders

2020-04-06NE-20-05 · POWERPLANT - Engine Camshaft Gear Tooth Fracture
2018-06-20NE-18-16 · POWERPLANT Alternator Drive Coupling
2017-05-10NE-17-11 · POWERPLANT Engine damage as a result of kickback
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

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
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-520-ce.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N717TY Cessna
T210R
Fixed-wing, single engine Tvpx Aircraft Solutions INC Trustee
North Salt Lake, Utah
Standard 2025-11-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N210RE Cessna
P210R
Fixed-wing, single engine Valiair Lc Trustee
Casper, Wyoming
Standard 2023-06-22 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6434R Cessna
T210R
Fixed-wing, single engine Cutlass Aviation LLC
Auburn, Alabama
Experimental 2017-08-15 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.