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

Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A engine, rated at about 200 horsepower. The Aerotek PITTS S-2A is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1974 and 2025.

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-360-A1A. FAA spelling: AEIO-360-A1A.

Fitted to model families

Aerotek PITTS S-2A1Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2A1David Lee Malmin RV7A1

Aerotek PITTS S-2A · Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-2A · David Lee Malmin RV7A

Where they are owner's state

Georgia2Texas1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

001222197012020

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 23 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 11 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 3 of them in the last ten years.

FAA orders 23 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
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine
2012-02-242012-03-06 · Fuel servo diaphragm · engine
2012-01-252011-26-04 · Externally mounted fuel injector fuel lines · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A

Failure reports 11 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

001229799050611131517125

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Pump3Actuator1Baffle1Crankcase1Cylinder Bore1Servo1Silencer1Skin1Stitching1

Latest reports

2025-12-20Servo: failed
2017-07-22Pump: high pressure
2017-07-22Pump: high pressure
2015-08-15Actuator: seized
2013-03-13Pump: defective

Certificates and bulletins

1E10Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 89 models listed · revised May 4, 2020

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
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-a1a.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N5011 Christen Industries Inc
PITTS S-2A
Fixed-wing, single engine Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee
Snellville, Georgia
Standard 2024-06-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N424DA David Lee Malmin
RV7A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Georgia
Experimental 2024-01-29 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N24MC Aerotek
PITTS S-2A
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Standard 2021-05-26 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.