Continental O-520

O-520
Preserved IO-520
Type Piston aircraft engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Teledyne Continental Motors
First run 1963
Major applications Beechcraft Bonanza
Beechcraft Baron
Cessna 206
Cessna 210
Cessna 310
Cessna 340
Cessna 421
Produced 1964-present
Developed from Continental IO-346
Developed into Continental IO-550

The Continental O-520 is a six-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine produced by Teledyne Continental Motors. First run in 1963 as a development of the IO-346, it has been produced in versions incorporating fuel injection (IO-520), turbo-charging (TSIO-520), and gearing (GTSIO-520).