Continental TSIO-520-M
60 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-520-M engine, rated at about 310 horsepower. The Cessna TU206 is the model most often fitted with it (30 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1966 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-M. FAA spelling: TSIO-520-M.
Fitted to model families
Cessna TU20630Cessna T20726Cessna 207 Skywagon 2071Cessna 3101Cessna 4041Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion1
Cessna TU206 · Cessna T207 · Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 · Cessna 310 · Cessna 404 · Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion
Where they are owner's state
Arizona8Alaska8Idaho5Indiana4Utah3Texas3North Carolina3Pennsylvania2Nevada2Montana2
Kind of aircraft
Piston singles58 (97%)Piston twins2 (3%)
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Continental TSIO-520-M the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E8CE, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 33 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 118 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 9 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 33 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
2016-09-152016-16-12 · Cylinder assemblies · engine
Failure reports 118 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Cylinder17Pump7Fitting6Magneto5Attach Fitting4Blade3Bolt3Contactor3Spar3Alternator2
Latest reports
2023-06-07Powerplant: oil starvation
2020-09-16Oil System: leaking
2020-09-02Intake Rocker: broken
2020-09-02Thru Bolt: loose
2019-08-19Camshaft: spalled
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
- Cessna TU206 30 with this engine series
- Cessna T207 26 with this engine series
- Cessna 207 Skywagon 207 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 310 1 with this engine series
- Cessna 404 1 with this engine series
- Cessna T210 Turbo Centurion 1 with this engine series
Where they are
Biggest operators
- Westwind Aviation INC 3 of these aircraft
- Ryan Air INC 2 of these aircraft
- Redtail Partners LLC 2 of these aircraft
- Fox Aircraft LLC 2 of these aircraft
- Ams Aviation LLC 2 of these aircraft
Airworthiness
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-520-M 33 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-520-M 118 reports since 1995
Analytics
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-520-m.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 60
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N1031V | Cessna TU206F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Intelinair Geospatial LLC Indianapolis, Indiana |
Restricted | 2026-10-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9527M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Whitetail LLC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 2026-08-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N2064M | Cessna TU206 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Duboy Ventures LLC Northbrook, Illinois |
Standard | 2026-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75773 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dena'Ina Leasing Agency LLC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 2026-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N911E | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2026-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207SR | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Jaars INC Waxhaw, North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-12-23 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N66GA | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Aircraft Guaranty CORP Trustee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Standard | 2025-09-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N111NC | Cessna 310R |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Daxair Aviation LLC Scottsdale, Arizona |
Standard | 2025-07-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N307JH | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2025-06-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207DA | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2025-05-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N384MG | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Missionary Air Group INC Burlington, North Carolina |
Standard | 2025-04-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207DL | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Withheld at owner's request | Standard | 2024-11-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9436M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ikg Air LLC Page, Arizona |
Standard | 2024-07-27 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N51SA | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Redtail Partners LLC Moab, Utah |
Standard | 2024-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73727 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Redtail Partners LLC Moab, Utah |
Standard | 2024-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N806HU | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Astra Engineering LLC Twin Falls, Idaho |
Standard | 2024-02-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N916WC | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Barr Air Patrol LLC Mesquite, Texas |
Multiple | 2024-01-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9916Z | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wings of Wisconsin LLC New Richmond, Wisconsin |
Standard | 2024-01-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N103RC | Cessna 404 |
Fixed-wing, multi-engine | Sonrise Aviation LLC Portland, Indiana |
Standard | 2023-04-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N262CA | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Compass Aviation INC Shelby, North Carolina |
Standard | 2023-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9962M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fox Aircraft LLC Bethel, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-03-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1301L | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Fox Aircraft LLC Bethel, Alaska |
Standard | 2023-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N29PM | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2023-01-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N589JS | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Wings West Consulting LLC Mesa, Arizona |
Standard | 2023-01-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N1747B | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dgpiper Sheridan, Wyoming |
Standard | 2022-08-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207BH | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Elevation Squad INC York, Pennsylvania |
Standard | 2022-05-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73408 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Shade Eric L Dillingham, Alaska |
Standard | 2021-09-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207GH | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bridgeview Aviation LLC Southfield, Michigan |
Standard | 2021-09-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N295FA | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Stationair Amphib LLC Jefferson City, Missouri |
Standard | 2021-05-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N942SA | Cessna TU206A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Alaska |
Standard | 2021-02-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4651T | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | United Indian Missions INC DBA Tucson, Arizona |
Standard | 2020-12-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8281Z | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Spearfish Aviation INC Summerset, South Dakota |
Standard | 2020-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N859AL | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ams Aviation LLC South Bend, Indiana |
Standard | 2020-01-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N206WT | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Severe Clear Aviation LLC Hagerstown, Maryland |
Experimental | 2019-12-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N75870 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Westwind Aviation INC Phoenix, Arizona |
Standard | 2019-07-01 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N422RK | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Gulf Coast Aerial Mapping CO INC Gonzales, Louisiana |
Standard | 2019-03-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N14NN | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ams Aviation LLC South Bend, Indiana |
Standard | 2018-12-07 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N247CB | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Dream Machine Leasing LLC Glenbrook, Nevada |
Standard | 2018-07-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N602YM | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sawtooth Aviation Resources LLC Ketchum, Idaho |
Standard | 2017-11-29 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N44FA | Cessna 207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Standard | 2017-08-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N102JJ | Cessna T210F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2016-08-02 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N232MT | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Lexington, Massachusetts |
Experimental | 2016-07-06 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N208WP | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Co-owned owner Washington |
Standard | 2016-03-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N54KD | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Sawtooth Flying Service INC Mccall, Idaho |
Standard | 2016-03-09 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N168SA | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Bruchid Snodgrass LLC Reno, Nevada |
Standard | 2015-06-19 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N813SW | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Montana |
Standard | 2015-02-25 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N115EL | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | 182 Flight CORP Bronx, New York |
Special flight permit | 2015-01-28 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73612 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | American Aviation INC Page, Arizona |
Standard | 2012-01-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73467 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ryan Air INC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 2008-08-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N207GR | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Blue Sky Telluride LLC Telluride, Colorado |
Standard | 2007-03-20 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8898Q | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Northrop Grumman Systems CORP El Segundo, California |
Standard | 2004-02-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9482M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Westwind Aviation INC Phoenix, Arizona |
Standard | 2001-10-26 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9317M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Westwind Aviation INC Phoenix, Arizona |
Standard | 2001-09-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9582M | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | American Aviation INC Woods Cross, Utah |
Standard | 2001-09-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N206PD | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Rockwell Collins INC Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Standard | 2001-07-31 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N8482Q | Cessna TU206F |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Gregg Flying Service INC Durango, Colorado |
Standard | 2001-06-15 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N5119X | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Mission Aviation Fellowship Nampa, Idaho |
Standard | 1998-02-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73789 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Ryan Air INC Anchorage, Alaska |
Standard | 1991-07-08 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N73742 | Cessna T207A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner New Mexico |
Standard | 1984-09-14 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N9438M | Cessna TU206G |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Idaho Transportation Department Boise, Idaho |
Restricted | 1978-09-26 | 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.