Continental TSIO-550-B
7 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Continental TSIO-550-B engine, rated at about 350 horsepower. The Beechcraft F33 Bonanza is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1992 and 2016.
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-550-B. FAA spelling: TSIO-550-B.
Fitted to model families
Beechcraft F33 Bonanza · Bohannon Kenneth LANCAIR IV P · Clear Light Llc LANCAIR IV-P · Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV · Heidebrink Ronald MIRAGE-LP · John A Voda LANCAIR IV-P · Thomas Kevin LANCAIR IV-P
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-550-B the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (E5SO, held by Continental Aerospace Technologies, INC.). The FAA has issued 18 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 6 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 18 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 6 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
- Beechcraft F33 Bonanza 1 with this engine series
- FAA orders naming the Continental TSIO-550-B 18 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Continental TSIO-550-B 6 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/continental-tsio-550-b.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 7
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N100GW | Bohannon Kenneth LANCAIR IV P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Experimental | 2026-05-12 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N961PC | Thomas Kevin LANCAIR IV-P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Formaflight II LLC Austin, Texas |
Experimental | 2021-06-22 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N136CS | Clear Light Llc LANCAIR IV-P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Clear Light LLC Thetford Center, Vermont |
Experimental | 2020-06-10 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N7935H | Beech F33A |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Texas |
Standard | 2018-12-04 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N604VJ | John A Voda LANCAIR IV-P |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Florida |
Experimental | 2015-04-30 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N800RH | Heidebrink Ronald MIRAGE-LP |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Ohio |
Experimental | 2011-05-18 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N4YX | Froelich Robert E LANCAIR IV |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Arizona |
Experimental | 2010-07-28 | 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.