Continental TSIO-520-H
12 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-520-H engine, rated at about 285 horsepower. The Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion is the model most often fitted with it (9 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1963 and 1976.
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-H. FAA spelling: TSIO-520-H.
Fitted to model families
Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion · Cessna 180 Skywagon · Cessna 210 Centurion · Cessna 421 Golden Eagle
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-H the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 31 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 28 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 7 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 31 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 28 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 10 · 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 T210 Turbo Centurion 9 with this engine series
- Cessna 180 Skywagon 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 210 Centurion 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 421 Golden Eagle 1 with this engine series
- Oklahoma 3 of these aircraft
- Texas 2 of these aircraft
- Colorado 2 of these aircraft
- Oregon 1 of these aircraft
- New Jersey 1 of these aircraft
- Snflk Leasing LLC 1 of these aircraft
- Bas Part Sales LLC 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-520-H 31 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-520-H 28 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-520-h.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 12
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N899MD | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Larson Aeromedical Services LLC Salem, Oregon |
Standard | 2026-08-21 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4535G | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aviation Trust Company LLC Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2026-08-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2272R | Cessna T210J |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner California |
Standard | 2025-07-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N27B | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sl Leasing Group LLC Barnesville, Georgia |
Standard | 2023-10-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N732BB | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2023-04-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N96734 | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | D & G Aviation LLC Woodward, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2023-01-16 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N53TM | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Jersey |
Standard | 2019-09-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2144Z | Cessna 180F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Restricted | 2016-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5949M | Cessna 421B |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Snflk Leasing LLC Andrews, Texas |
Standard | 2013-09-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N198RP | Cessna 210 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2012-09-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2175S | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Colorado |
Standard | 1979-01-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N505SW | Cessna T210L |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bas Part Sales LLC Greeley, Colorado |
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.