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Engines · piston (reciprocating) · data as of October 5, 2026

Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B

6 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B engine, rated at about 150 horsepower. The Bellanca 7 Citabria is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1974 and 2008.

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 Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B. FAA spelling: AEIO-320-E2B.

Fitted to model families

Bellanca 7 Citabria2Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout2Buergel Wolfgang PITTS S1C1Pekin Richard J GLASAIR SH-21

Bellanca 7 Citabria · Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Buergel Wolfgang PITTS S1C · Pekin Richard J GLASAIR SH-2

Where they are owner's state

Wisconsin1New York1Missouri1Florida1California1Arizona1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles6 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

01234419701198012000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E12, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 24 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 24 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2015-11-032015-19-07 · Fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-252011-26-04 · Externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2011-08-162011-15-10 · Fuel servos · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-320-E2B

Failure reports 6 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

00011195196197110112118

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Fitting2Crankshaft1Cylinder1Piston1Tire1

Latest reports

2018-09-02Tire: blown
2012-11-27Piston: damaged
2010-08-11Cylinder: cracked
1997-06-12Fitting: cracked
1996-04-16Fitting: cracked

Certificates and bulletins

1E12Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 32 models listed · revised April 4, 2018

Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2016-05-13NE-08-32R1 · Propeller Governor Idler Gear Shaft Set Screw
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs
2008-09-10NE-06-32R1 · Reciprocating Engine - Crankshaft
2008-07-03NE-08-32 · Propeller Governor Set Screw

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
Where they are
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-aeio-320-e2b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 6

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N16VU Bellanca
7KCAB
Fixed-wing, single engine Vipers United LLC
Stoughton, Wisconsin
Standard 2023-02-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N55TX Pekin Richard J
GLASAIR SH-2
Fixed-wing, single engine San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego, California
Experimental 2022-12-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N495JC Bellanca
8KCAB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Florida
Standard 2018-08-06 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1098E Bellanca
7KCAB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Standard 2013-03-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N77WG Buergel Wolfgang
PITTS S1C
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
New York
Experimental 2011-12-23 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N5032U Bellanca
8KCAB
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Arizona
Standard PendingFAA registration status code R: Registration pending. 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.