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

Lycoming AEIO-360 series

883 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming AEIO-360 series engine, rated at about 180 horsepower. The American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout is the model most often fitted with it (270 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1975 and 2013.

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 series (2 codes). FAA spellings: AEIO-360 SER · AEIO-360 SER.

Fitted to model families

American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout270Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout161Great Lakes 284Mooney M-2035Aerotek PITTS S-2A27Moravan Z24213Avions Mudry Et Cie CAP 1012Bellanca 7 Citabria12Aerotek PITTS S-1T11Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-1T9Pitts S-19Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S8

American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout · Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout · Great Lakes 2 · Mooney M-20 · Aerotek PITTS S-2A · Moravan Z242 · Avions Mudry Et Cie CAP 10 · Bellanca 7 Citabria · Aerotek PITTS S-1T · Christen Industries Inc PITTS S-1T

Where they are owner's state

California110Texas79Florida69Washington38Arizona34Illinois29Delaware28Georgia25Ohio24Colorado24

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles881 (100%)Turboprops1 (0.1%)Helicopters1 (0.1%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

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

No FAA order in the current files names this engine series. Operators and repair shops have filed 30 failure reports with the FAA since 1995, 5 of them in the last ten years.

Failure reports 30 since · what operators and shops told the FAA

Parts most often reported as the reports name them

Spar4Control Cable3Cylinder Head2Attach Fitting1Blade1Bolt1Bracket1Connector1Counterweight1Cylinder1

Latest reports

2025-03-12Leg Assy: sheared

2024-08-12Spark Plug: failed

2024-07-18Counterweight: worn

2019-04-19Spar: cracked

2018-09-19Cylinder Head: cracked

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

American Champion Aircraft 8 Decathlon and Scout 270 with this engine series
Bellanca 8 Decathlon and Scout 161 with this engine series
Great Lakes 2 84 with this engine series
Mooney M-20 35 with this engine series
Aerotek PITTS S-2A 27 with this engine series
Moravan Z242 13 with this engine series
Avions Mudry Et Cie CAP 10 12 with this engine series
Bellanca 7 Citabria 12 with this engine series

Where they are

California 110 of these aircraft
Texas 79 of these aircraft
Florida 69 of these aircraft
Washington 38 of these aircraft
Arizona 34 of these aircraft

Biggest operators

Plane Fun INC Tr Trustee 7 of these aircraft
Southern Aircraft Consultancy INC Trustee 5 of these aircraft
Great Lakes Aircraft LLC 3 of these aircraft
Everything Pitts LLC 3 of these aircraft
Chandler Air Service INC 3 of these aircraft

Airworthiness

Failure reports on the Lycoming AEIO-360 series 30 reports since 1995

Analytics

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

Aircraft newest certificates first · 883

Tail no.	Maker and model	Group	Owner and base	Certificate	Registered	Status
N64VH	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2020-05-12	Valid
N31SE	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Tangent LLC Phoenix, Arizona	Standard	2020-05-08	Valid
N444PW	Extra Flugzeugbau EA 230	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2020-04-27	Valid
N707RM	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Standard	2020-04-27	Valid
N299SA	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Enterprise General Aviation Network INC Dell Rapids, South Dakota	Standard	2020-04-16	Valid
N26BY	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Snohoacro LLC Mukilteo, Washington	Standard	2020-04-06	Valid
N5060J	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-03-31	Valid
N811SE	Herzog Susan CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Missouri	Experimental	2020-03-19	Valid
N9FP	Pearlman Jay S SPORTSMAN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2020-03-05	Valid
N3819F	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Buntings Grassroots Aviation LLC Selbyville, Delaware	Standard	2020-02-27	Valid
N151NA	Avions Mudry Et Cie CAP 10B	Fixed-wing, single engine	Mht Aviation LLC Saint Petersburg, Florida	Standard	2020-02-07	Valid
N21XG	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2020-01-28	Valid
N5043Z	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hsrdla LLC Kenosha, Wisconsin	Standard	2020-01-23	Valid
N127P	Partridge James R RV-6A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Arizona	Experimental	2020-01-15	Valid
N5036G	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Multiple	2020-01-14	Valid
N71SD	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ralph B Beatty LLC Murrysville, Pennsylvania	Standard	2020-01-14	Valid
N26HM	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB180	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2020-01-09	Valid
N8536X	Lake LA-4-200	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Virginia	Standard	2020-01-07	Valid
N317SD	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-12-10	Valid
N2654Z	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Albij3 LLC Milton, Florida	Standard	2019-11-21	Valid
N5763Y	Mooney M20J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Indiana	Standard	2019-11-18	Valid
N79DG	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Star Aerobatics LLC Columbia City, Indiana	Standard	2019-10-28	Valid
N4187Y	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2019-10-16	Valid
N5057C	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	G & M Aviation LLC Kokomo, Indiana	Standard	2019-10-08	Reports overdue
N53EH	Hickman John E HICKMAN/BUCKER JUGMA	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Ohio	Experimental	2019-09-24	Valid
N345AS	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-09-18	Valid
N711RV	Moseley H Stephens Md RV-4	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Experimental	2019-09-18	Valid
N5500W	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Kansas State University Salina, Kansas	Standard	2019-09-05	Valid
N49305	Aerotek PITTS S-1T	Fixed-wing, single engine	Everything Pitts LLC Queen Creek, Arizona	Experimental	2019-09-04	Valid
N795JP	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-08-28	Valid
N105DR	Dodge Douglas C IAC 1 DESIGN	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Mississippi	Experimental	2019-08-22	Valid
N20BG	Glodfelty W L CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2019-08-16	Valid
N11MC	Woodward Robert CHRISTIAN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2019-08-14	Valid
N31449	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kentucky	Standard	2019-07-23	Valid
N17BY	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Idaho	Standard	2019-07-22	Valid
N37XP	Kucki Nick J PITTS S-1S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Illinois	Experimental	2019-07-05	Valid
N1181E	Altizer J C CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	California Antique Aircraft Museum San Martin, California	Experimental	2019-06-19	Valid
N101PZ	Brand Richard J PANZER	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Hampshire	Experimental	2019-06-18	Valid
N780S	Avions Mudry Et Cie CAP 10B	Fixed-wing, single engine	N780S LLC Williamstown, New Jersey	Multiple	2019-06-18	Valid
N132PA	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2019-05-29	Valid
N911LB	Brady Louis P CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Texas	Experimental	2019-05-15	Valid
N51CB	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Kansas	Standard	2019-05-01	Valid
N731JD	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2019-04-04	Valid
N139AC	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2019-03-16	Valid
N5503C	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Arizona	Standard	2019-03-11	Valid
N5046D	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner North Carolina	Standard	2019-03-09	Valid
N1415X	Combs Christopher Kevin RV-8	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner North Carolina	Experimental	2019-03-02	Valid
N104US	Meyer Robert/Meyer Marta PITTS SPECIAL S1SE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2019-02-09	Valid
N995WM	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hangar 7 Aviation LLC N Redngtn Bch, Florida	Standard	2019-02-09	Valid
N31445	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Idaho	Standard	2019-01-08	Valid
N3731F	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-12-13	Valid
N1124E	Mooney M20J	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Standard	2018-11-28	Valid
N918BC	Curry William H. GYRUS 360	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Colorado	Experimental	2018-11-17	Valid
N22120	Meyer C/Gearhart J GILES 202	Fixed-wing, single engine	Big Red Aerobatics LLC Lewes, Delaware	Experimental	2018-11-13	Valid
N180FG	Guenther Fredric A DR 107	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2018-11-09	Valid
N133TM	Echevarria Dominguez Manuel BUCKER 133C	Fixed-wing, single engine	T1 Aerospace INC Wilmington, Delaware	Experimental	2018-11-03	Valid
N8LN	Nowicki J/Larocco G M CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Florida	Experimental	2018-10-30	Valid
N3823F	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-10-16	Valid
N2PU	Extra Flugzeugbau Gmbh EA300/200	Fixed-wing, single engine	Eastern Stearman INC Trustee Leesburg, Virginia	Experimental	2018-10-09	Valid
N434RB	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-10-09	Valid
N2599Z	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Airborne Images INC Encino, California	Standard	2018-10-02	Valid
N23AK	Avions Mudry CAP 21	Fixed-wing, single engine	Action Air INC Wilmington, Delaware	Experimental	2018-10-01	Valid
N38MB	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New York	Standard	2018-09-26	Valid
N400VW	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-09-10	Valid
N217PF	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Kansas	Standard	2018-09-05	Valid
N883JJ	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Standard	2018-08-23	Valid
N97FZ	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Standard	2018-08-23	Valid
N99GL	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-08-13	Valid
N38WH	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Illinois	Standard	2018-07-18	Valid
N655SK	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2018-06-14	Valid
N664SB	Bruch S/Gregerson J S RV6	Fixed-wing, single engine	Rv Air LLC Leander, Texas	Experimental	2018-05-25	Valid
N535DJ	Jones Dennis M RV6-A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Washington	Experimental	2018-05-23	Valid
N5056K	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	West Coast Aerosport INC Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2018-05-03	Valid
N49338	Pitts S-1T	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Connecticut	Standard	2018-04-26	Valid
N31519	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerobatics Unlimited Utica, Illinois	Standard	2018-04-20	Valid
N200CL	Laidlaw William R CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Ps Soaring INC Bellefonte, Pennsylvania	Experimental	2018-04-18	Valid
N233DP	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Prop 2 Fox LLC Hudson, Ohio	Standard	2018-03-14	Valid
N7047C	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aerospace Trust Management LLC Trustee Wilmington, Delaware	Standard	2018-02-20	Valid
N4124Y	Bellanca 7KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Consolidated Aviation Services LLC Seymour, Tennessee	Multiple	2018-02-16	Valid
N125RS	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Tennessee	Standard	2018-02-14	Valid
N3604X	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2018-02-13	Valid
N48RD	Byland J H CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Indiana	Experimental	2018-02-08	Valid
N235RH	Henry Richard W ACRO SPORT II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2018-02-05	Valid
N400HW	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Hotel Whiskey LLC Sylvania, Ohio	Standard	2018-02-05	Valid
N72BJ	Boyle Brian J BLACK EAGLE	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Louisiana	Experimental	2018-01-30	Valid
N719AP	Pitts S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Pennsylvania	Standard	2018-01-29	Valid
N148PC	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Superd LLC Everett, Washington	Standard	2017-12-05	Valid
N717LV	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Iowa	Standard	2017-12-05	Valid
N891DB	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner California	Standard	2017-12-05	Valid
N3DY	Yeagley Richard D CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Withheld at owner's request	Experimental	2017-12-04	Valid
N5030C	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Standard	2017-11-28	Valid
N39LT	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Georgia Forestry Commission Macon, Georgia	Standard	2017-11-22	Valid
N113PV	Denton William P CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner Texas	Experimental	2017-10-31	Valid
N795DT	Tolkach Dennis CHRISTEN EAGLE II	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-10-25	Valid
N119JM	Aerotek PITTS S-2A	Fixed-wing, single engine	Everything Pitts LLC Queen Creek, Arizona	Standard	2017-10-24	Valid
N77JC	Lauck James Edward PITTS S1S	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner California	Experimental	2017-09-25	Valid
N3759F	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Co-owned owner Georgia	Standard	2017-09-22	Valid
N1117E	Bellanca 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Individual owner New Mexico	Standard	2017-09-21	Valid
N789JF	Great Lakes 2T-1A-2	Fixed-wing, single engine	Coordinated Turn LLC Fort Worth, Texas	Standard	2017-09-20	Valid
N816LL	American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB	Fixed-wing, single engine	Aero Equities LLC Ventura, California	Standard	2017-08-29	Valid

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.