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

Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5

3 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5 engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Moravan Z50 LA is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1977 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-540-D4B5. FAA spelling: AEIO-540-D4B5.

Fitted to model families

Moravan Z50 LA1Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1 FIRECRACKER1Specketer Gary L RV101

Moravan Z50 LA · Ndn Aircraft Ltd NDN-1 FIRECRACKER · Specketer Gary L RV10

Where they are owner's state

Virginia1New Mexico1Louisiana1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles3 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

00011119701198012000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5 the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (1E4, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 28 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 28 airworthiness directives · newest first

2026-04-082026-04-11 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2024-12-052024-21-02 · Engine (Reciprocating) · engine
2022-08-152022-16-03 · Engine (RECIPROCATING) · engine
2015-11-032015-19-07 · Fuel injector fuel lines · engine
2015-03-112015-02-07 · Propeller governor shaft set screw · engine
2012-10-242012-19-01 · Crankshafts · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming AEIO-540-D4B5

Certificates and bulletins

1E4Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 81 models listed · revised February 28, 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

Where they are
Biggest operators
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-d4b5.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 3

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N666SH Moravan
Z50 LA
Fixed-wing, single engine Sky West Aviation INC Trustee
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Experimental 2026-03-09 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N182FR Ndn Aircraft Ltd
NDN-1 FIRECRACKER
Fixed-wing, single engine Redwood Airport LLC
River Ridge, Louisiana
Experimental 2024-03-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N204GS Specketer Gary L
RV10
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2020-06-12 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.