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

Lycoming GO-435-C2B

1 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Lycoming GO-435-C2B engine, rated at about 260 horsepower. The Kilpatrick John N SPAD XIII C.1 is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft).

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 GO-435-C2B. FAA spelling: GO-435-C2B.

Fitted to model families

Kilpatrick John N SPAD XIII C.11

Kilpatrick John N SPAD XIII C.1

Where they are owner's state

California1

Kind of aircraft

Piston singles1 (100%)

When the aircraft were built by decade

0001112000

What the FAA has certified, ordered and been told about the Lycoming GO-435-C2B the component layer

The design is held under 1 type certificate (E-228, held by Lycoming Engines). The FAA has issued 7 airworthiness directives (orders that owners must comply with) that name this engine series.

FAA orders 7 airworthiness directives · newest first

2012-03-272012-03-07 · Carburetor · engine
2004-06-252004-10-14 · Crankshaft gear · engine
2003-08-142003-14-03 · Rotary fuel pumps · engine
1998-09-2898-18-12 · Fuel Pump · engine
1991-05-2890-04-06 R1 · Propeller Governor External Oil Line · engine
1969-01-1666-06-03 · Connecting Rod Assemblies · engine

All orders naming the Lycoming GO-435-C2B

Certificates and bulletins

E-228Type certificate held by Lycoming Engines · 20 models listed · revised June 23, 2010

Safety bulletins 2 · advice, not orders

2019-05-02NE-19-08 · Reciprocating Engine Cylinder Section - Lycoming Engines Parallel Valve Cylinders
2014-03-24NE-14-13 · Reciprocating Engine - Cylinder Mounting Studs

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
Airworthiness

These connections as data: /graph/engine/lycoming-go-435-c2b.json · about the eFlight graph.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 1

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N1917X Kilpatrick John N
SPAD XIII C.1
Fixed-wing, single engine Kilpatrick John N
Redding, California
Experimental 2017-09-26 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.