The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 23, 2026

Rolls-Royce O-300

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Rolls-Royce O-300 engine, rated at about 145 horsepower. The Cessna 170 is the model most often fitted with it (1 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 Rolls-Royce O-300. FAA spelling: 0-300.

Fitted to model families

Model families, as a table
aircraft
Cessna 1701
Reims CESSNA F172G1
Reims Aviation S.A. CESSNA F172H1

Cessna 170 · Reims CESSNA F172G · Reims Aviation S.A. CESSNA F172H

Where they are owner's state

By state, as a table
aircraft
Vermont1
Oklahoma1
Nevada1

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles3100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001111960
By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19601

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are
Biggest operators

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/rolls-royce-o-300.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N259SA Reims
CESSNA F172G
Fixed-wing, single engine International Air Services INC Trustee
Carson City, Nevada
Standard 2025-06-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3456D Cessna
170B
Fixed-wing, single engine Lewis Terry J
Fairlee, Vermont
Standard 2018-04-26 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N4291P Reims Aviation S A
CESSNA F172H
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Oklahoma
Standard 1991-08-28 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 23, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.