Continental O-470-U
Continental O-470-U is a carbureted O-470 variant approved for the Cessna 182Q and 182R model groups. Continental current 400-series page supports the O-470 family, and SIL00-7C lists O-470-U for factory-rebuilt engines; this record uses active for current support and rebuilt availability without asserting new production.
Identity
- Aliases
- O-470-U
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Continental O-470-U
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Continental O-470-U is a carbureted O-470 variant approved for the Cessna 182Q and 182R model groups. Continental current 400-series page supports the O-470 family, and SIL00-7C lists O-470-U for factory-rebuilt engines; this record uses active for current support and rebuilt availability without asserting new production.
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- Family
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Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:42:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 20, 2026 at 23:39:48 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Validates FAA Type Certificate 3A13 and maps 182 series model groups to O-470-L/R/S/U, O-540-J3C5D, O-540-L3C5D, IO-540-AB1A5, and TIO-540-AK1A installations.
- Publisher
- Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
- Title
- Type Acceptance Report 1/21B/15 - Cessna 182 Series
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Preserves Continental historical engine-company lineage and O-470 product heritage without treating current Continental Aerospace Technologies as the original legal name in every certification era.
- Publisher
- Continental Aerospace Technologies
- Title
- Our History
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-20
- Note
- Current Continental 400-series page lists the O-470 family, its 230–260 hp class, and Cessna 180/182 applications; this family-level evidence is not used to assert an exact O-470-U power rating.
- Publisher
- Continental Aerospace Technologies
- Title
- 400 Series AvGas Engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-20
- Note
- Continental SIL00-7C specifically lists O-470-U as eligible for factory-rebuilt engines, supporting current support and rebuilt availability without asserting new production.
- Publisher
- Continental Aerospace Technologies
- Title
- SIL00-7C — Engine model availability