Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A
5 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S is the model most often fitted with it (2 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1975 and 2011.
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-B4A. FAA spelling: AEIO-360-B4A.
Fitted to model families
Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S · Clute William A PITTS S-1 · Eberle John S PITTS SPECIAL S1S · Glanville M/Glanville E STEEN SKYBOLT
Where they are owner's state
Kind of aircraft
When the aircraft were built by decade
What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A the component layer
The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E10, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 25 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 5 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 2 of them in the last ten years.
FAA orders 25 airworthiness directives · newest first
Failure reports 5 since · what operators and shops told the FAA
Parts most often reported as the reports name them
Latest reports
Certificates and bulletins
Safety bulletins 5 · advice, not orders
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
- Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S 2 with this engine series
- Virginia 1 of these aircraft
- South Carolina 1 of these aircraft
- Nevada 1 of these aircraft
- Connecticut 1 of these aircraft
- California 1 of these aircraft
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A 25 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A 5 reports since 1995
These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-b4a.json · about the eFlight graph.
Aircraft newest certificates first · 5
| Tail no. | Maker and model | Group | Owner and base | Certificate | Registered | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N42EK | Eberle John S PITTS SPECIAL S1S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Nevada |
Experimental | 2024-06-24 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N88UM | Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Virginia |
Experimental | 2022-09-13 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N100MP | Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner Connecticut |
Experimental | 2018-05-11 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N62DP | Glanville M/Glanville E STEEN SKYBOLT |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner California |
Experimental | 2010-09-03 | ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes |
| N896BC | Clute William A PITTS S-1 |
Fixed-wing, single engine | Individual owner South Carolina |
Experimental | 2009-06-02 | 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.