Continental TSIO-520-D
4 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-520-D engine, rated at about 285 horsepower. The Beechcraft V35 Bonanza is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1952 and 1966.
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-D. FAA spelling: TSIO-520-D.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft V35 Bonanza · Beechcraft C35 · Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion
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-D the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 35 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 1 failure report with the FAA since 1995, 1 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 35 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 1 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 11 · 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
- Beechcraft V35 Bonanza 2 with this engine series
- Beechcraft C35 1 with this engine series
- Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion 1 with this engine series
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-520-D 35 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-520-D 1 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-520-d.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 4
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1500F | Beech V35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2024-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N133L | Beech C35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Standard | 2020-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N6787R | Cessna T210F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Idaho |
Experimental | 2019-05-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N411EG | Beech V35 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Alaska |
Special flight permit | 2003-04-28 | 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.